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47
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35077
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3228
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1553

Stephen R. Barley publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen R. Barley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 97 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Stephen R. Barley D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen R. Barley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Stephen R. Barley is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields within Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business, Management and Accounting. More specifically, Barley's work is concentrated in the subfields of History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, and Strategy and Management.

The topics addressed in Barley's research reflect a diverse engagement with the Digital Economy and Work Transformation, History of Science and Medicine, Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, and Information Systems Theories and Implementation.

Barley has published in several scholarly venues, with frequent appearances in the Academy of Management Proceedings and Administrative Science Quarterly. Their recent papers include:

  • JoAnne Yates and Craig N. Murphy: Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting since 1880 (2020), Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Diane Vaughan. Dead Reckoning: Air Traffic Control, System Effects, and Risk VaughanDiane. Dead Reckoning: Air Traffic Control, System Effects, and Risk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 640 pp. $27.50, paper. (2024), Administrative Science Quarterly

Other publications where Barley is mentioned as a co-author or has research-related involvement include:

  • The Humanness of Work in an Era of Artificial Intelligence (2023), Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Sprawling Fieldwork: Tales of Many Fields (2023), Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Navigating Complexity and Uncertainty: Rethinking 'Career Scripts' in a Dynamic World (2025), Academy of Management Proceedings

The frequent collaborators in Barley's research include:

  • Matt Beane
  • Diane E. Bailey
  • Robert Eberhart
  • Andrew J. Nelson
  • Paul M. Leonardi

Barley's academic recognition includes being named a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management. This professional distinction is noted without a specified year.

Best Publications

  • Technology as an occasion for structuring: evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments.

    Stephen R. Barley

  • Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution:

    Stephen R. Barley;Pamela S. Tolbert

  • Design and devotion: Surges of rational and normative ideologies of control in managerial discourse.

    Stephen R. Barley;Gideon Kunda

  • Bringing Work Back In

    Stephen R. Barley;Gideon Kunda

  • Technology and institutions: what can research on information technology and research on organizations learn from each other?

    Wanda J. Orlikowski;Stephen R. Barley

  • The alignment of technology and structure through roles and networks.

    Stephen R. Barley

  • Occupational Communities: Culture and Control in Organizations

    John Van Maanen;Stephen R. Barley

  • Technicians in the Workplace: Ethnographic Evidence for Bringing Work into Organizational Studies

    Stephen R. Barley

  • Semiotics and the Study of Occupational and Organizational Cultures.

    Stephen R Barley

  • Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy

    Stephen R. Barley;Gideon Kunda

  • Materiality and change: Challenges to building better theory about technology and organizing

    Paul M. Leonardi;Stephen R. Barley

  • What’s Under Construction Here? Social Action, Materiality, and Power in Constructivist Studies of Technology and Organizing

    Paul M. Leonardi;Stephen R. Barley

  • Cultural Organization: Fragments of a Theory,

    J van Maanen;S Barley

  • Careers, identities, and institutions: the legacy of the Chicago School of Sociology

    Stephen R. Barley

  • Cultures of Culture: Academics, Practitioners and the Pragmatics of Normative Control.

    Stephen R. Barley;Gordon W. Meyer;Debra C. Gash

  • E-mail as a Source and Symbol of Stress

    Stephen R. Barley;Debra E. Meyerson;Stine Grodal

  • Images of Imaging: Notes on Doing Longitudinal Field Work

    Stephen R. Barley

  • WHY DO CONTRACTORS CONTRACT? THE EXPERIENCE OF HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS IN A CONTINGENT LABOR MARKET

    Gideon Kunda;Stephen R. Barley;James Evans

  • The Changing Nature of Work: Careers, Identities, and Work Lives in the 21st Century

    Stephen R. Barley;Beth A. Bechky;Frances J. Milliken

  • Organizations and Social Systems: Organization Theory's Neglected Mandate.

    Robert N. Stern;Stephen R. Barley

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Leonardi
Paul M. Leonardi University of California, Santa Barbara
Pamela S. Tolbert
Pamela S. Tolbert Cornell University
Sara Kiesler
Sara Kiesler Carnegie Mellon University
James N. Baron
James N. Baron Yale University
Mary Ann Glynn
Mary Ann Glynn Boston College
William H. Dutton
William H. Dutton University of Oxford
Samuel B. Bacharach
Samuel B. Bacharach Cornell University
Robert E. Kraut
Robert E. Kraut Carnegie Mellon University

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