Publications

2010
Dobbin, F. 2010. “Review of Thomas B. Lawrence, Roy Suddaby, and Bernard Leca, eds., Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations”. Administrative Science Quarterly 55:673-677. pdf
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970-2000
Schoonhoven, C, and F Dobbin. 2010. Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970-2000. Bingley, UK: Emerald. Website

F. Dobbin, C. Schoonhoven. "An Organizational Sociology of Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance." xvii-xli. pdf

2009
Dobbin, F. 2009. “Review of Giovanni Arrighi, Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-first Century”. American Journal of Sociology 115:293-295. pdf
Dobbin, F. 2009. “How Durkheim's Theory of Meaning-making Influenced Organizational Sociology”. Pp. 200-222 in The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical Foundations, edited by Paul S Adler. New York: Oxford University Press. Publisher's Version pdf
Inventing Equal Opportunity
F.Dobbin,. 2009. Inventing Equal Opportunity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Website pdf

American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award. 2012.

Max Weber Award (Organizations, Occupations, and Work section of the American Sociological Association). 2010.

2008
The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy
Simmons, B, F Dobbin, and G Garrett. 2008. The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press. Website

B. Simmons, F. Dobbin, G. Garret. "Introduction: The Diffusion of Liberalization." 1-63. pdf

G. Garrett, F. Dobbin, B. Simmons. "Conclusion." 344-360. pdf

2007
Dobbin, F. 2007. “What's Wrong with the American Corporation?”. Contexts (Fall):10-13. pdf
Dobbin, F. 2007. “Economic Sociology”. Pp. 319-331 in Twenty-First Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, edited by Clifton D Bryant and Dennis L Peck. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. pdf
Dobbin, F, and E Kelly. 2007. “How to Stop Harassment: The Professional Construction of Legal Compliance in Organizations”. American Journal of Sociology 112 (4):1203-43. pdf
Dobbin, F, and A Kalev. 2007. “The Architecture of Inclusion: Evidence from Corporate Diversity Programs”. Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 30 (2):279-301. pdf
Dobbin, F, B Simmons, and G Garrett. 2007. “The Global Diffusion of Public Policies: Social Construction, Coercion, Competition, or Learning?”. Annual Review of Sociology 33:449-72. pdf
Dobbin, F, A Kalev, and E Kelly. 2007. “Diversity Management in Corporate America”. Contexts 6 (4):21-28. pdf
2006
Pedersen, JS, and F Dobbin. 2006. “In Search of Identity and Legitimation: Bridging Organizational Culture and Neoinstitutionalism”. Special issue of American Behavioral Scientist 49 (7):897-907. pdf
Westenholz, A, JS Pedersen, and F Dobbin. 2006. “Introduction: Institutions in the Making: Identity, Power, and the Emergence of New Organizational Forms”. Special issue of American Behavioral Scientist 49 (7):889-896. pdf
Dobbin, F. 2006. “Review of Abigail Saguy, What is Sexual Harassment: From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne, and Kathrin Zippel, The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany”. Sociological Forum 21 (4):709-713. pdf
Dobbin, F. 2006. “Review of Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg, eds., The Economic Sociology of Capitalism”. American Journal of Sociology 112:625-627. pdf
Dobbin, F. 2006. “Review of Jerome Karabel, The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton”. Administrative Science Quarterly 51 (4):652-655. pdf
Pedersen, JS, A Westenholz, F Dobbin, and Editors. 2006. “Institutions in the Making: Identity, Power, and the Emergence of New Organizational Forms”. Special issue of American Behavioral Scientist 49 (7).
Simmons, B, F Dobbin, G Garrett, and Editors. 2006. “Symposium on Global Diffusion of Public Policies”. Special issue of International Organization 60 (Fall).
Dobbin, F. 2006. “Enron: Une Drole d'ethique Financiere”. Sciences Humaines 250-53. pdf

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