Pamela Tolbert : Biography
Professor Tolbert is Professor and chair of the Department of Organizational
Behavior. She came to the ILR School in 1983 after receiving her Ph.D. in sociology
from UCLA. She is broadly interested in processes of organizational change, the
role of organizations in social stratification, and the impact of occupations
on organizational structures. Her current research includes studies of the use
of tenure systems by higher education organizations, the effects of organizational
and occupational demography on career patterns, and the effects of earnings differences
within dual-career couples on spousal relationships. She has served on the editorial
boards of Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Journal of Technology Management, Organization Science, Organization and Environment and Sociological Forum,. She has also served as the book review editor for Administrative Science Quarterly, and as an associate editor for Management Science; she is currently an associate editor for the Academy of Management Review.
