William Foote Whyte
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- PhD Sociology University of Chicago
- Bachelors Sociology Swarthmore College
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Foote Whyte was an American sociologist chiefly known for his ethnographic study in urban sociology, Street Corner Society. A pioneer in participant observation, he lived for four years in an Italian community in Boston while a Junior Fellow at Harvard researching social relations of street gangs in Boston's North End.
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Published Works
- Participatory Action Research (1989) (2561)
- Street corner society : the social structure of an Italian slum (1946) (1204)
- Street Corner Society (1943) (1049)
- Participatory Action Research as a Process and as a Goal (1993) (602)
- The Manager ’ s Job : Folklore and Fact (2002) (513)
- Learning From The Field: A Guide From Experience (1984) (414)
- Learning from the field (1984) (304)
- HUMAN RELATIONS in the Restaurant Industry (1949) (296)
- Making Mondragon: The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex, William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte. 1988. Cornell University Press; Ithaca, NY 14851. 328 pages. ISBN: 0-87546-138-7 (P); 0-87546-137-9 (C). $14.95 (P); $36.00 (C (1989) (259)
- Advancing scientific knowledge through participatory action research (1989) (249)
- How Do You Know If the Informant is Telling the Truth (1958) (180)
- The Social Structure of the Restaurant (1949) (167)
- Interviewing in Field Research (2003) (146)
- Preface to The Human Perspective in Sociology: The Methodology of Participant Observation (1967) (143)
- Men at work (1974) (135)
- Money and Motivation: An Analysis of Incentives in Industry. (1956) (127)
- Intercultural Communication: A Guide to Men of Action (1960) (121)
- Studies in Personal Space ^ (2005) (104)
- Social Inventions for Solving Human Problems (1982) (100)
- The Mondragon system of worker production cooperatives (1977) (87)
- Social Organization in the Slums (1943) (79)
- Do Cultural Differences Affect Workers' Attitudes? (1966) (74)
- Managerial Thinking: An International Study. (1967) (65)
- Industry and society (1947) (54)
- Action research for management (1973) (49)
- In Defense of Street Corner Society (1992) (48)
- What machines can’t do (1994) (45)
- Creative Problem Solving in the Field: Reflections on a Career (1997) (43)
- Social Theory for Action: How Individuals and Organizations Learn to Change (1991) (37)
- A Slum Sex Code (1943) (37)
- Corner Boys: A Study of Clique Behavior (1941) (37)
- The Englishness of English architecture: modernism and the making of a national international style, 1927-1957 (2009) (33)
- When workers and customers meet. (1946) (33)
- The Mondragón Cooperatives in 1976 and 1998 (1999) (32)
- Worker ownership, participation and control: Toward a theoretical model (1982) (32)
- Encounters with participatory action research (1995) (31)
- Participant observer : an autobiography (1994) (30)
- Money and motivation (2007) (28)
- On the Uses of Social Science Research (1986) (27)
- Learning from the Mondragón cooperative experience (1995) (24)
- Framework for the analysis of industrial relations: Two views (1950) (23)
- From Human Relations to Organizational Behavior: Reflections on the Changing Scene (1987) (23)
- Models for Building and Changing Organizations (1967) (21)
- The Position and Problems of the Foreman (1945) (20)
- Higher-Yielding Human Systems for Agriculture. (1984) (20)
- Plant closings : public or private choices? (1986) (20)
- Culture, Industrial Relations, and Economic Development: The Case of Peru (1963) (20)
- Participatory Strategies in Agricultural Research and Development (1991) (19)
- A New England? Peace and War, 1886-1918 (2004) (18)
- Redefining Christian Britain: Post-1945 Perspectives (2007) (18)
- Interviewing for Organizational Research (1953) (18)
- Worker Participation and Ownership: Cooperative Strategies for Strengthening Local Economies. (1983) (18)
- Machine Age Maya: The Industrialization of a Guatemalan Community. (1959) (17)
- Divine Feminine: Theosophy and Feminism in England (2002) (16)
- Culture change and stress in rural Peru: a preliminary report. (1967) (16)
- Comparing PAR and Action Science (1991) (15)
- A Field in Search of a Focus (1965) (15)
- In support of voluntary employee ownership (1978) (15)
- Imitation or Innovation: Reflections on the Institutional Development of Peru (1968) (15)
- RevisitingStreet Corner Society (1993) (14)
- Methods for the Study of Human Relations in Industry (1946) (14)
- The Making of Modern Woman: Europe, 1789–1918 (2004) (13)
- Action research for management : a case report on research and action in industry (1964) (13)
- Race Conflicts in the North End of Boston (1939) (13)
- Qualitative Sociology and Deconstructionism (1996) (12)
- The Executive Overseas: Administrative Attitudes and Relationships in a Foreign Culture. (1960) (12)
- Haciendas, Plantations, and Collective Farms: Agrarian Class Societies -- Cuba and Peru (1978) (12)
- Power, Politics, and Progress: Social Change in Rural Peru. (1976) (11)
- Industrial democracy : strategies for community revitalization (1988) (11)
- Worker Participation: International and Historical Perspectives (1983) (10)
- Facing the Foreman's Problems (1945) (10)
- Building a public school community 1860–1910 (2003) (9)
- A Challenge to Political Scientists (1943) (9)
- Enterprise in Latin America: Business Attitudes in a Developing Economy. (1967) (9)
- From Research to Legislation on Employee Ownership (1980) (9)
- conflict and cooperation in Andean communities (1975) (8)
- WORKER OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY (1981) (8)
- The Social Role of the Settlement House (1941) (8)
- Patterns of Interaction in Union-Management Relations (1949) (8)
- Employee Ownership and the Future of Unions (1984) (8)
- Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style 1835-1924 (2006) (7)
- SICILIAN PEASANT SOCIETY (1944) (7)
- Organizing for Agricultural Development: Human Aspects in the Utilization of Science and Technology (1975) (7)
- Problems of Industrial Sociology (1956) (7)
- The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization.@@@The Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization.@@@Industry and Society. (1947) (7)
- The Collective Bargaining Process: A Human Relations Analysis, III (1950) (7)
- Emancipatory practice through the Sky River Project (1996) (7)
- Kuyo Chico; applied anthropology in an Indian community (1973) (7)
- The Social Sciences in the University (1991) (7)
- On Asking Indirect Questions (1956) (7)
- Organizational Behavior: Theory and Application.@@@Organizational Behaviour. (1971) (6)
- Toward an integrated theory of development. (1968) (6)
- Transmitting information through management and union channels : two case studies (1950) (6)
- IV. From Paternalism to Democracy: The Cornell-Peru Project (1956) (5)
- Ruskin and Architecture (2004) (5)
- Rethinking sociology: Applied and basic research (1998) (5)
- The Challenge of Development: Theory and Practice. (1968) (5)
- Participant Observer: An Autobiography. (1995) (5)
- Rural Peru-Peasants as activists (1969) (5)
- Participation, Action, and Research in the Classroom. (1997) (5)
- Applied Sociology: Roles and Activities of Sociologists in Diverse Settings. (1985) (5)
- Facts, Interpretations, and Ethics in Qualitative Inquiry (1996) (4)
- DO cultural differences affect worker attitudes (1966) (4)
- Incentives for Productivity: The Case of the Bundy Tubing Company (1948) (4)
- Self-help economics (1980) (4)
- Power, Politics and Progress: Social Change in Rural Peru. (1977) (4)
- Reflections On My Work (1968) (4)
- ICTA in Guatemala: the evolution of a new model for agricultural research and development. (1980) (4)
- Engineers and Workers: A Case Study (1955) (4)
- Ethics Committee Issues (1970) (3)
- Toward a food policy for Latin America's urban areas: Lima as a case study (1976) (3)
- Preventing hospital infections (1981) (3)
- Critics and crusaders on neoconservatism (1989) (3)
- Solving the Hotel's Human Problems (1987) (3)
- Toward an Integrated Theory of Development: Economic and Noneconomic Variables in Rural Development (1968) (3)
- Man as A Social Animal (1970) (3)
- The Quality of Working Life. Vol. 1: Problems, Prospects, and the State of the Art. Vol. 2: Cases and Commentary.Louis E. Davis , Albert B. Cherns (1978) (3)
- Semantics and Industrial Relations (1949) (3)
- The Industrial Community in Peru (1977) (3)
- Employees are People. (1949) (2)
- Review of The Elusive Phenomena. Fritz J. Roethlisberger, 1977, Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press (1978) (2)
- The new manufacturing organization: Problems and opportunities for employee involvement and collective bargaining (1990) (2)
- 7. Organizational Behavior Research: Changing Styles of Research and Action (1987) (2)
- I. We Need Each Other (1956) (2)
- Introduction (1989) (1)
- Man and Organization: Three Problems in Human Relations in Industry. (1960) (1)
- III. The Problem of Language Learning (1956) (1)
- Vocational Education in Industry: A Case Study. (1944) (1)
- III. Politics and Ethics: A Reply to John H. Hallowell (1946) (1)
- II. The Contrast of Cultures (1956) (1)
- VI. From Company Camps to Open Cities (1956) (1)
- Value of Joint Programs Underestimated (1989) (1)
- Factory folkways : a study of institutional structure and change (1953) (1)
- Applied Sociology--There Are More Strings to Your Bow Than This@@@Applied Sociology: Roles and Activities of Sociologists in Diverse Settings. (1985) (1)
- Sex Information, Attitudes, and Behavior. (1953) (1)
- Programming Human Relations in Food Facilities Planning (1969) (1)
- Extradepartmental enterprise (1978) (1)
- Introduction and Analysis: A Study in Union-Management Relations (1946) (1)
- Part Ii. Human Relations in the Restaurant Industry (1964) (1)
- Book Note and Review: Human Relations: The Executive Overseas: Administrative Attitudes and Relationships in a Foreign Culture (1960) (0)
- Unbuilt Hertford: T. G. Jackson's Contextual Dilemmas (2002) (0)
- X. A Practical Approach to Understanding (1956) (0)
- Union-Management Cooperation: Toronto Case (1947) (0)
- Book Review:Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1865: A Study in Acculturation. Oscar Handlin (1943) (0)
- Must you tell a “funny story”? (1968) (0)
- Review: Transmitting Information through Management and Union Channels: Two Case Studies (1950) (0)
- El fin de la patente RSA (2000) (0)
- Welchman [née Eves], (Elsie) Marion (1915–1997), charity administrator and campaigner for the treatment of dyslexia (0)
- VII. Understanding Unions (1956) (0)
- Book Review: International and Comparative Industrial Relations: Haciendas, Plantations, and Collective Farms: Agrarian Class Societies—Cuba and Peru (1978) (0)
- 3. Launching the New Enterprise (1996) (0)
- Toward an Integrated Theory of Development: Economic and Noneconomic Variables in Rural Development. (1969) (0)
- Human Relations in the Hotel Industry (1964) (0)
- VIII. The Development of National Supervisors (1956) (0)
- Book Review:The Decline of a Cotton Textile City: A Study of New Bedford. Seymour Louis Wolfbein (1944) (0)
- Book Review: Organizational Behavior: Blue Collar Community (1976) (0)
- Philadelphia story (1986) (0)
- Book Note and Review: Human Relations: Machine Age Maya: The Industrialization of a Guatemalan Community (1959) (0)
- [Illness and Health Services in Colombia: Implications for Health Planning]: Commentary (1968) (0)
- V. Relations with Government and the Community (1956) (0)
- Tribute to a Fallen Leader. (1968) (0)
- Letters to the Editor (1957) (0)
- Man and Organization: Three Problems in Human Relations in Industry.@@@Men Who Manage: Fusions of Feeling and Theory in Administration.@@@Administrative Vitality: The Conflict With Bureaucracy. (1960) (0)
- IX. Filling the Middle Management Gap (1956) (0)
- Part III. Human Relations in the Restaurant Industry (1964) (0)
- Book Review:Social Aspects of Industry: A Survey of Labor Problems and Causes of Industrial Unrest. L. Howard Patterson (1943) (0)
- Book Review: Organizational Behavior: Enterprise in Latin America: Business Attitudes in a Developing Economy (1967) (0)
- Human relations in industry. (1946) (0)
- 7. The 1970s (1996) (0)
- Group Psychotherapy: A Symposium.J. L. Moreno (1946) (0)
- THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT GOALS THROUGH THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE TECHNIQUES-1. (1964) (0)
- DOING FIELDWORK: WARNINGS AND ADVICE. By Rosalie H. Wax. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 395 pp. $10.50 (1972) (0)
- Book Review: Human Resources: Plant Closings: Public or Private Choices? (1986) (0)
- Small Scale Industrial Producer Co-Operatives in Developing Countries.Peter Abell , Nicholas Mahoney (1989) (0)
- : Group Dynamics: Research and Theory . Dorwin Cartwright, Alvin Zander. (1954) (0)
- Book Review:Prairie City: The Story of an American Community Angie Debo (1944) (0)
- A Classic Revisited--Closing the Circle@@@Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. (1984) (0)
- Back Matter (1968) (0)
- Pattern for Industrial Peace.@@@Collective Bargaining. (1951) (0)
- Editors' Introduction (1981) (0)
- Frank Fischer, and Carmen Sirianni (eds.): Critical Studies in Organization and Bureaucracy 1984, Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press. 503 pages (1986) (0)
- Some Behavioral Science Contributions@@@Social Science Approaches to Business Behavior (1962) (0)
- Book Review:Teamwork and Labor Turnover in the Aircraft Industry of Southern California. Elton Mayo, George F. F. Lombard (1945) (0)
- Paul Osterman (ed.): Internal Labour Markets 1984, Cambridge, London: MIT Press. 296 pages (1986) (0)
- Review: Atlantic Steel Company and United Steelworkers of America (1954) (0)
- Book Review: Labor Management Relations: Traité de sociologie du travail (1963) (0)
- Volume Information (1966) (0)
- Book Review: Organization: The Logic of Organization: A System-Based Social Science Framework for Organization Theory (1984) (0)
- Letters to the editor (1981) (0)
- Review: Industrial Society: The Emergence of the Human Problems of Automation (1956) (0)
- Government Bureaucracy and Peruvian Culture (1994) (0)
- Book Review: International and Comparative Labor Relations: Managerial Thinking: An International Study (1967) (0)
- ICTA in Guatemala: evolution of an agricultural research and development model. (1980) (0)
- Industry and Society , edited by William F. Whyte (New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1946, pp. 211, $2.50). (1947) (0)
- WARNER, W. LLOYD, and J. O. Low. The Social System of the Modern Factory. Pp. xvi, 245. New Haven: Yale University Press (Yankee City Series, Vol. IV), 1947. $3.00 (1947) (0)
- Union-Management Cooperation (1998) (0)
- Book Review: Employees are People (1949) (0)
- Review: All Manner of Men (1949) (0)
- Edward Cresy, 1792–1858: Architect and Civil Engineer (2004) (0)
- Air in the operating room. (1982) (0)
- The myth of the passive peasant: the dynamics of change in rural Peru. (1969) (0)
- Books in review (1986) (0)
- Democratic Human Relations: Promising Practices in Intergroup and Intercultural Education in the Social Studies.Hilda Taba , William Van Til (1946) (0)
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