Published Papers (D. Phillips)



The Dynamics of Organizational Status (with J. M. Podolny)

Podolny, J. M. and D. J. Phillips (1996). “The Dynamics of Organizational Status.”  Journal of Industrial and Corporate Change, 5, 2: 453-471.

 

The Promotion Paradox (Click Here)

Phillips, D. J. (2001). “The Promotion Paradox: The Relationship between Organizational Mortality and Employee Promotion Chances in Silicon Valley Law Firms, 1946-1996.” American Journal of Sociology, 106, 4: 1058-98.

 

Middle-Status Conformity (Click Here) (with E. W. Zuckerman)

Phillips, D. J. and E. W. Zuckerman (2001). “Middle-Status Conformity: Theoretical Restatement and Empirical Demonstration in Two Markets.” American Journal of Sociology, 107, 2: 379-429.

 

The Parent-Progeny Transfer and Organizational Mortality (Click Here)

Phillips, D. J. (2002). "A Genealogical Approach to Organizational Life Chances: The Parent-Progeny Transfer and Silicon Valley Law Firms, 1946-1996." Administrative Science Quarterly, 47: 474-506.

 

Competitive Position and Promotion Rates (Click Here) (with J. B. Sorensen).

Phillips, D. J. and J. B. Sorensen (2003). “Competitive Position and Promotion Rates: Commercial Television Station Top Management, 1953-1988.” Social Forces, 81(3), 819-842.

 

Incumbents, Innovation, and Competence: The Emergence of Recorded Jazz, 1920 to 1929 (Click Here) (with D. A. Owens).

Phillips, D. J. and D. A. Owens (2004). “Incumbents, innovation, and competence: The emergence of recorded jazz, 1920 to 1929.” Music in Society: The Sociological Agenda (Poetics), Volume 32, Special Issue Guest-Edited by Richard A. Peterson and Timothy J. Dowd, 32, 281-295.

For a Chicago public radio (WBEZ) interview about the paper (~15 min), Click Here.

 

Friends or Strangers? Firm Uncertainty, Market Uncertainty, and Network Partner Selection (Click Here) (with C. M. Beckman and P. R. Haunschild).

Beckman, C. M.; Haunschild, P; and D. J. Phillips (2004). “Friends or Strangers? Firm Uncertainty, Market Uncertainty, and Network Partner Selection” Organization Science, 15, 259-275.

 

Interorganizational Determinants of Promotion: Client Leadership and the Promotion of Women Attorneys (Persistent Link Not Yet Available) (with C. M. Beckman).

Beckman, C. M. and D. J. Phillips (2005). “Interorganizational Determinants of Promotion: Client Leadership and the Promotion of Women Attorneys” American Sociological Review, 70: 678-701.

 

Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Hierarchies: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms. (Persistent Link Not Yet Available)

 

Phillips, D. J. (forthcoming). “Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Hierarchies: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms.” Administrative Science Quarterly.

 

 

Working Papers

 

 

 

Organizational Identity and the Commercialization of Innovative Cultural Products, 1920 to 1929” (with D. Owens).

 

 

“Heterogeneity, Performance, and Blau’s Paradox:  The Case of NHL Hockey Teams, 1988-1998” (with K. Phillips).

 

 

“Do Small Firms Produce Better Entrepreneurs?” (with J. Sorensen). 

 

 

“Legitimate Deception: Pseudonyms as Legitimate Product Offerings among Jazz Record Companies, 1920-1929.” (with Y. Kim).

 

 

“Signaling Identity or Inferiority? Status, Conformity, and Labor Market Reactions to Silicon Valley Law Firms” (with E. Zuckerman).