Alvin Ward Gouldner was an American sociologist and social theorist, born in 1920. Trained under Robert K. Merton at Columbia University, he began his career in industrial sociology with two studies of a gypsum plant, Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy (1954) and Wildcat Strike (1954), which became foundational texts in the sociology of organizations. He died in 1980. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Gouldner Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy examined how workers within a formally rational bureaucracy negotiate, bend and resist its official rules.
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Alvin Ward Gouldner was an American sociologist and social theorist.
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July 29, 1920
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July 29, 1920
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1980-12-15
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1980-12-15
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New York City, US
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Madrid, Spain
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The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology
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reflexive sociology
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