Today’s video is about how to make small datasets publishable.
I mentioned Steve Barley’s piece in the video. Full reference is the following: Barley, S. R. (1986). Technology as an occasion for structuring: Evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments. Administrative science quarterly, 78-108.
I’ll also take this opportunity to mention a couple of qualitative studies that are worth reading because they take a different approach to defining what a complete social unit is:
1. Turner’s work on pilgrimages as rite of passage, where the pilgrimage is the social unit: Turner, V. (1974). Pilgrimages as social processes. Dramas, Fields and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society, 166-230.
2. On a related note, Michael Rosen’s delicious studies of corporate parties where the micro-event is the social unit:
*. Rosen, M. (1985). Breakfast at Spiro’s: Dramaturgy and dominance. Journal of Management, 11(2), 31-48.
*. Rosen, M. (1988). YOU ASKED FOR IT: CHRISTMAS AT THE BOSSES’EXPENSE. Journal of Management Studies, 25(5), 463-480.
3. Weick’s study of the Man Gulch disaster, where the event is the social unit: Weick, K. E. (1993). The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch disaster. Administrative science quarterly, 628-652.
4. Gouldner’s study of a gypsum mine and factory that does a great job of weaving two social units into a single study: Gouldner, A. W. (1954). Patterns of industrial bureaucracy.