Research in the Sociology of Work

Edited by Steven Vallas, Northeastern University, USA

• The Changing Field of Workplace Sociology: An Introduction to Volume 29PART I: IDENTITY WORKWork Identity Without Steady Work: Lessons from Stage Actors - Robin Leidner“I’m a Teacher, Not a Babysitter”: Workers’ Strategies for Managing Identity-Related Denials of Dignity in the Early Childhood Workplace - Jennifer L. Nelson and Amanda E. LewisPART II: AUTHORITY AND CONTROL AT WORKJob Authority and Stratification Beliefs - George Wilson and Vincent J. RoscignoMatching Up: Producing Proximal Service in a Los Angeles Restaurant - Eli WilsonControl from on High: Cloud-Computing, Skill, and Acute Frustration Among Analytics Workers in the Digital Publishing Industry - Michael L. SicilianoThe Limits of Control in Service Work: Interactive Routines and Interactional Competence - Brian Ott PART III: GENDER, SEXUALITY AND PRECARITYThe Walk-In Closet: Between “Gayfriendly” and “Post-Closeted” Work - David OrzechowiczWorkplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments - Julie A. Kmec, C. Elizabeth Hirsh and Sheryl SkaggsJob Insecurity and Substance Use in the United States: Stress, Strain, and the Gendering of Precarious Employment - Andrew S. Fullerton, Michael A. Long and Kathryn Freeman Anderson