Papers by John Van Maanen
Academy of Management Review, 1984
The Journal of Business, 1974
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Feb 21, 2013
Urban life, 1981
this low public concern accurately reflects modest rates. Conversely, white-collar crime is found... more this low public concern accurately reflects modest rates. Conversely, white-collar crime is found both to arouse public attention and to be extensive and increasing. The author, during an eight-month residence in Switzerland made numerous insightful observations, included throughout the book, which underscore and exemplify his points. Finally, detailed comparisons are made between Switzerland and other European countries, especially Sweden, and specific Swiss cities are compared with similar American cities and with Stuttgart in the Federal German Republic. Clinard argues that the low rates of conventional crime in Switzerland occur in spite of the accessibility of firearms and the relatively high proportion of foreign workers. Rather, explanatory emphasis is placed on political decentralization, slow urban growth, subcultural homogeneity, integration of youth with adults, and fear of public censure. A weak central government poses little threat to Switzerland’s distinct regional subcultures; hence the work is entitled &dquo;Cities with Little Crime&dquo; rather than &dquo;Country with Little Crime.&dquo; Attention is also directed to progressive aspects of the Swiss criminal justice system which serve to avoid
Journal of Management, Jul 1, 1985
Human Studies, Jul 1, 1990
This moming I had the passenger window on my 1979 Ford Grenada replaced. The window had shattered... more This moming I had the passenger window on my 1979 Ford Grenada replaced. The window had shattered a few days before when my 8-year-old daughter closed the door with vigor and authority. Kibitzing with the glass man as he went about his trade, we both wondered whether or not any future displays of similar zeal would have identical consequences. Working through this mundane puzzle led to the discovery of a crink in the liner of the door frame, the liner in which the window sits when it is fully rolled up. This crink could possibly cause the window to slip off its normal course when going up and down in the door frame. Within the door itself was a speaker with a hard metal frame and when the window was rolled down, as it was when it cracked, the plate of glass may have rested loosely against the speaker such that it was merely a matter of time before one slam of the door would be too many. So, with the installation of a new window, out came the old speaker and out came the wrinkle in the door liner. Part replaced, system restored. Perhaps. Ordinary repair? I would like to think so. However, after reading Douglas Harper's unassuming but convincing Working Knowledge, I see the ordinariness of such everyday matters in a new light. Had I taken the car to the Ford agency out on the strip, there to be whisked back out of sight to a specialist in the auto glass stall for its damage repair, I surely would have gotten a new window but I fear little repair. In the language Harper carefully develops, my car would have been treated by a "parts exchanger" not a "parts fixer." This distinction is crucial to the book and stands as a powerful way of thinking about all forms of modem repair from the mechanical to the biological, from the plumber's trade to the doctor's. Harper's tale concerns a self-employed mechanic, an engineer, a body man, a fix-it man, a tinkerer, a junk dealer, an inventor, all rolled into one * Douglas Harper, Working knowledge: Skill and community in a small shop. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 214 pages with index and photographs. $29.95 (cloth).
The Review of Higher Education, 1983
Journal of Management Inquiry, Jul 26, 2010
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2010
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 2006
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review some of the compositional and orientational shifts... more Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review some of the compositional and orientational shifts that have occurred in ethnography during the last 20 years. Design/methodology/approach–Within the paper the author produces a series of reflections based upon his ...
Urban life, Apr 1, 1981
according to the rules the adult caretakers have set out.&dquo; One of the ma... more according to the rules the adult caretakers have set out.&dquo; One of the major findings of the study is that children differ from adults in terms of the ordinary exemptions of the &dquo;sick role,&dquo; namely that, unlike adults, children are frequently blamed and held accountable for their illnesses, and, also unlike adults, children are not exempted from their other roles and obligations. According to Beuf, modern hospitals are best seen as &dquo;total institutions&dquo; when it comes to their treatment of children. In her own words:
Contemporary Sociology, Sep 1, 1986
Patterns of Policing is the first comparison of the development and operation of police in countr... more Patterns of Policing is the first comparison of the development and operation of police in countries throughout the world, concentrating on Asia, Europe, and North America. Bayley examines the variability in police work, suggests reasons for this variation, and makes preditions about the future role of police. He considers how contemporary police institutions have developed. Police forces worldwide tend to be public rather than private, to concentrate on crime fighting rather than services, and to be professionally trained and recruited. There is, however, great variation in the structure of police forces, which are generally either centralized or, as in the United States, decentralized. The behavior of the police toward their constituents also varies by nation. As urbanization and industrialization increase, the public finds itself in greater contact with police and may begin to rely on them more for protection. There are also marked differences cross-nationally in the way police relate to political and community life.
Coastal zone management journal, 1983
Page 1. The Emerging Organization of Fisheries in the United States Marc L. Miller Institute for ... more Page 1. The Emerging Organization of Fisheries in the United States Marc L. Miller Institute for Marine Studies University of Washington John Van Maanen Alfred P. Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Urban life, 1981
studies has been to explicate the ways in which people in particular work settings have come to u... more studies has been to explicate the ways in which people in particular work settings have come to understand, account for, take action, and otherwise make sensible their ordinary day-to-day activities. Substantively, much of my work has taken place in a police organization and has addressed such matters as recruit socialization (Van Maanen, 1973, 1978a), police careers (Van Maanen and Schein, 1977; Van Maa-
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, Nov 1, 1980
Journal of International Business Studies, Jun 1, 2011
... D Eleanor Westney1 and John Van Maanen2 ... consists mostly of ongoing interactions with the ... more ... D Eleanor Westney1 and John Van Maanen2 ... consists mostly of ongoing interactions with the human targets of study on their home ground (Van Maanen, 1988: 2). Chris Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, Gunnar Hedlund, Yves Doz and his colleagues (Gary Hamel, Joe Santos ...
Urban life, Jul 1, 1984
Drawing upon field research carried out in the police force of an American city, this study exami... more Drawing upon field research carried out in the police force of an American city, this study examines the deep, recurrent organizational tension between the street culture of policing, epitomized by the so-called “patrolman's mentality,” and the administrative culture of the police hierarchy, as this tension is reflected in the processes of becoming a sergeant. Sergeants are selected from among the patrol ranks by procedures that favor administratively inclined candidates. Once promoted and assigned, new sergeants are left more or less on their own in learning and adapting to the demands of their positions, as socialization at the sergeant level tends to be informal and individualistic in character. “Street sergeants” and “station house sergeants” quickly develop different supervisory styles and strategies, each with distinctive attractions and drawbacks for those supervised, yet each reflecting the “street” or “desk” pattern of the incumbent's established organizational career.
Personnel Psychology, Dec 1, 1976
University Microfilms International eBooks, 1977
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