People :: Sociology Department

Lisa A. Keister, Professor and Bass Fellow

Lisa A. Keister

Short Description of Research Approach:

Professor and Bass Fellow

Office Info
Office:	268 Soc/Psych Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Phone:	+1 919 660 5624
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Fax:	919-660-5623
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Areas of Interest:

Economic sociology
Organizations
Social networks
Wealth
Personal finance
Business start-up
Immigration
Consumption and spending

I do research in the areas of economic sociology, organizations and management, and social networks. I have studied organization and household behavior in both the U.S. and China, including work on organization strategy and the role that relations among organizations play in shaping strategy, household financial decision making, and business start-up. My work on business networks in China looks at relations among firms and how these shape firm performance, survival, and structure. I also do work on wealth accumulation and the factors that contribute to wealth disparities, including social networks, inheritance, religion, and inheritance.

Selected Publications/Recent Research:

Representative Publications (More Publications)

2014 The One Percent Lisa A. Keister. Annual Review of Sociology ,2014.

2014 The One Percent: Wealth and Income Concentration Keister, LA; Lee, HY. Sociological Currents

2014 Religion and Inequality Lisa A. Keister and Darren E. Sherkat, editors. Cambridge University Press

2012 Market transition: An assessment of the state of the field Keister, LA; Borelli, EP. Sociological Perspectives , Vol. 55, No. 2 SAGE Publications , 267-294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sop.2012.55.2.267 [https://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/keister.7/publications/298141]

2008 Faith and Money: How Religious Belief Contributes to Wealth and Poverty Lisa A. Keister. ,2011. Cambridge University Press

2011 Religion and Attainment Keister, LA. Sociological Focus , Vol. 44, No. 4 Informa UK Limited , 354-83
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2011.10571403 [https://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/keister.7/publications/298151]

2005 Getting rich: America’s new rich and how they got that way Keister, LA. Cambridge University Press , 1-310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511807589 [https://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/keister.7/publications/298135]

2010 Business Groups in China Keister, LA. American Behavioral Scientist

2009 8 Organizations and Management in China Keister, LA; Zhang, Y. The Academy of Management Annals , Vol. 3, No. 1 Academy of Management , 377-420
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000275541400008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92

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Course Descriptions:

Duke University. Spring & Fall 2012

Organizations and Global Competitiveness(SOC 142) Syllabus
Globalization and Development(Soc 730S-03) Syllabus

Sociology
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