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SAMUEL B. BACHARACH
McKelvey-Grant Professor
Department of Organizational Behavior
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University

Academic C.V.

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1974, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology.
Dissertation Topic: Structure of and Processes in Organizational Power.

M.S., 1970, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology.
Thesis Topic: Organizational Recruitment.    

B.A., 1968, New York University, Department of Economics.
    
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
McKelvey-Grant Professor of Labor Management Relations, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. 1998-present.

Permanent Visiting Professor, Israel Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, 1999-present.

Visiting Scholar, Sackler Institute for Advanced Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Spring 1992.

Professor, Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1983-present.

Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1978-1983.

Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1974-1978.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
Director, Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies, Cornell ILR, 1992-present. This New York City-based institute is dedicated to the pursuit of research and education in the field of alcoholism in the workplace by pursuing research trying to identify predictors of alcoholism in the workplace, workplace alcohol intervention and prevention programs, and best practices. The institute competes for and has been awarded academic grants from NIAAA, NIDA, and Lilly Foundation.  Current research includes a study of drinking among retired workers, study of member assistance programs, and a survey of New York City firefighters and transport workers.

Director, Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell ILR, 1998-present. The mission of the institute is to hold academic colloquia in New York City, integrate the missions of other Ithaca-based institutes, supervise graduate and undergraduate education for the ILR School in New York City, and expand off-campus academic programs.

Director, Master of Professional Studies, Cornell ILR, 2000-present. Supervise the development and expansion of ILR’s first off-campus Master’s Professional Program. This includes responsibility for curriculum development and the assurance that curriculum can be integrated with long-distance teaching technology.

Faculty Member, Advisory Council, Cornell ILR. The Council includes eminent Cornell alumni interested in the School’s future.

Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee on Distance-Learning Strategies, 1998. This committee developed a strategy that allowed the ILR School to deliver courses using emerging technology.

Member, Board of Advisors, Cornell-PERC (Foundation for the Prevention and Early Resolution of Conflict), Institute on Conflict Resolution, 1996-2002.

Chairman, Special Subcommittee on Establishing ILR Graduate Education in New York City, 1994-1995. Strategic planning for the implementation of a new Master’s Program to be offered in New York City, beginning in the Spring 2000, to be offered to practitioners.

Chairman, Department of Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1982-1985.

Chairman, Academic Standards Committee, 1981-1984.

School of Industrial and Labor Relations Extension Program Committee, 1979-1981.

School of Industrial and Labor Relations Planning Committee, 1976-1978.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Member, Executive Council, National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence.  January 2005-2006.

Lady Davis Scholar, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management. Fall 1997.

Visiting Professor, School of Business, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. Spring 1995.

Editor, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, JAI Press, 1981-2002.

Editor, Monographs in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations, JAI Press, 1982-present.

Member, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Editorial Board, 1981-1994.

Senior Scholar in Residence, Sackler Institute, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Tel Aviv, Israel, Spring 1991.

Member, Advisory Board, Negotiation Journal: On the Process of Dispute Settlement, 1986-1990.

Visiting Professor, School of Management, Hebrew University, Israel, Spring 1983.
    
Administrative Science Quarterly, Editorial Board, 1975-1982.

Book Review Editor, Administrative Science Quarterly, Editorial Board, 1976-1980.

RESEARCH:
Smithers Institute, 2005-2007: New York City Transport Workers Working Conditions and Wellbeing.  This is a membership survey of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to get a better understanding of the work conditions and work-related challenges faced by TWU members; the impact that such conditions and challenges have on the overall well-being of members and their families; and members’ perceptions of their union and its actions on their behalf.

Smithers Institute, 2003-2004: New York City Firefighters, Traumatic Stress and Workplace Conditions, and Wellbeing: 9/11 and Beyond.  This is a study of 4,000 firefighters to identify the impact of trauma and work conditions on stress, emotional wellbeing, substance abuse, etc.

Department of Health and Human Services, 1999-2010: Emotional Well-Being among Blue-Collar Retired Workers. This study examines the transition from work to retirement among 1,200 blue-collar workers in the manufacturing, service and construction industries. Funded for $2.4 million.
    
Department of Health and Human Services, 1994-1997: Workplace Risk Factors and Substance Abuse. A study of work conditions among blue-collar laborers and their relationship with problems of substance abuse. The study will also examine the unique emotional problems that workers face in a variety of occupations, including assembly-line workers, bus drivers, iron workers, steamfitters, retail workers, nurses’ aides, etc. Funded for $840,000.

Lilly Foundation, Division on Youth and Caring, 1994-1995, "Caring in Organizations: An Oxymoron." This study concentrates on caregivers and care-seekers in inner-city organizations. Funded for $43,000.

Pierce Memorial Fund. A grant by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations to conduct a series of conferences on the topic of helping in organizations. Funded for $10,000.

Department of Health and Human Services, 1990-1993: Generating Criteria for the Comparative Evaluation of Member Assistance Programs. Co-principal investigator with William Sonnenstuhl. The purpose of this study is to develop criteria for the comparative evaluation of Member Assistance Programs (MAPs). These programs are a form of work-based peer intervention and support for deterring substance abuse and for motivating addicted workers to seek help and remain abstinent. In order to develop criteria for comparative evaluation, we propose to study two different MAPs within the transportation industry. Funded for $425,000.

A study of New York State Management Confidential Employees, 1983-1984: A survey of 1,300 key state managers examining the promotion process, work conditions, mechanisms of control, and job aspirations. Funded for $105,000.

The Joint Committee State of New York/Public Employee Federation, 1981-1982: The Quality of Working Life: A study of Professional, Scientific and Technical Personnel in the Public Sector. A study of the quality of working life in the public sector consisting of a survey of 4,000 public sector personnel. Funded for $120,000.

The Spencer Foundation, 1980-1982: Interest Group Politics in Selected Districts: A Comparative Study of Local Teachers' Unions. Structured case study research on the internal dynamics of sixteen local teachers' unions to specifical¬ly examine the mobilization of union coalitions and its impact on school district policy and educational outcomes. Funded for $85,000.

National Science Foundation, 1979-1981: Power Depend¬ence and Bargaining. Co-principal investigator with Edward J. Lawler, University of Iowa, Department of Soci¬ology. Experimental laboratory research to examine the social psychology of power and tactics in bargaining. Funded for $80,000.

National Institute of Education, 1978-1980: Consensus and Power in School Organizations. Research used survey methodology combined with case study and participant observation to determine the relationship between organizational structure and the politics of decision making. The survey included 4,200 teachers, 300 school board members, 70 superintendents, 120 principals, and 180 administrative assistants in 80 school districts in New York State. The case studies took place over a two-year period in six selected school districts. Funded for $220,000.

BOOKS:
Keep Them On Your Side.  Platinum Press/Adams Media, 2006.

Get Them On Your Side. Platinum Press/Adams Media, 2005.

Mutual Aid in Union Renewal: Cycles of Logics of Action (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001.

Member Assistance Programs: Labor's Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1994.

Tangled Hierarchies: Teachers as Professionals and the Management of Schools (with J Shedd). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Paying for Better Teaching: Merit Pay and Its Alternatives (with D Lipsky & J Shedd). OAP Inc., 1984.

Bargaining: Power, Tactics and Outcomes (with EJ Lawler). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981.

Power and Politics in Organizations (with EJ Lawler). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980.

EDITED BOOKS:
Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Organizational Politics, XVI (with EJ Lawler). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1999.
    
Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Cross-Cultural Analysis of Organizations, XIV (with P Bamberger & M Erez). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1997.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Special Issue on The European Tradition, XIII (with P Gagliardi & B Mundell). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995. Italian translation: Il Pensiero Organizzativo Europeo. Milan, Italy: Istituto Studi Direzionali,1996.

Images of Schools: Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior (with B Mundell). Corwin Press, 1995.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Special Issue on Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations, XII (with R Seeber & D Walsh). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1994.

Advances in School Management and Educational Policy, I (with R Ogawa). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, XI. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Reviewing Organizational Demography, X (with P Tolbert). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1992.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, IX. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1991.

Education Reform: Making Sense of It All. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1990.

Advances in School Management and Educational Policy, I. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1990.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Issue of Participation, VII (with R Magjuka). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, VI (with N DiTomaso). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1988.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, V (with N DiTomaso). Greenwich, CT:JAI Press, 1987.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, IV (with S Mitchell). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1985.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Social Psychological Processes, III (with EJ Lawler). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, II. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1983.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, I. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1982.

Organizational Behavior in Schools and School Districts. Praeger, 1981.

Reward Systems in Organiza¬tions: Searching for Solutions (with T Hammer). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1974.

PAPERS:

In Press:
New York City firefighters’ critical incidents and drinking behavior: Company norms and resources as sources of vulnerability and protection (with P Bamberger & E Doveh), Journal of Applied Psychology.  

Aging and drinking problems among mature adults: The moderating effects of positive alcohol expectancies and workforce disengagement (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). Submitted to the Journal of Alcohol Studies.

Published Papers:
9-11 and NYC firefighters’ post-hoc unit support and control climates: A context theory of the consequences of involvement traumatic work-related events (with P Bamberger).  Academy of Management Journal, 50, 4, 849-866, 2007.

Harassing under the influence: Male drinking norms and behaviors and the gender harassment of female coworkers (with P Bamberger & V McKinney). Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12, 232-250, 2007.

Retirement, social support and drinking behavior: A cohort analysis of ales with a baseline history of problem drinking (with P Bamberger, A Cohen & E Doveh).  Journal of Drug Issues, 37-3, 2007.

Abusive supervision and subordinate problem drinking: Resistance, distress and the moderating effect of personality (with P Bamberger).  Human Relations, 59, 723-752, 2006.

Diversity and homophily at work: Supportive relations among white and African-American Peers (with P Bamberger & D Vashdi).  Academy of Management Journal, 48, 4, 619-644, 2005.

The power of labor to grieve: The impact of the workplace, labor market and power-dependence on employee grievance filing (with P Bamberger). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57, 518-539, 2004.

Retirement, risky alcohol consumption and drinking problems among blue-collar workers (with P Bamberger, W Sonnenstuhl & D Vashdi). Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 4, 537-545, 2004.

Diversity and the union: The effect of demographic dissimilarity on members’ union attachment (with P Bamberger). Group and Organization Management, 29, 385-418, 2002.

Driven to drink: Managerial control, work-related risk factors and employee drinking behavior (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). The Academy of Management Journal, 45, 4, 637-658, 2002.

Boundary management tactics and logics of action: the case of peer support providers (with P Bamberger & V McKinney). Administrative Science Quarterly, 45, 4, 704-736, 2000.
    
Logics of transaction in the market for corporate control: from social to financial accountability (with B. Mundell). Research and the Sociology of Organizations, 1999.

Organizational politics, dependence and coalition formation (with EJ Lawler). In R Kramer & M. Neale (Eds.), Power and Influence in Organizations, Sage Publications, 1998.

The organizational transformation process: Dissonance reduction and the alignment of logics of action in the aftermath of deregulation (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). Administrative Science Quarterly, 41, 3, 477-506, 1996.

Member assistance programs: an emergent phenomenon in industrial relations (with P Bamberger & W Sonnenstuhl). Industrial Relations, 35, 2, 261-275, 1996.

Contested control: Systems of control and their implications on ambiguity in elementary and secondary schools (with P Bamberger). Work and Occupations, 22, 4, 439-466, 1995.

When working smarter isn't enough: Job resources inadequacy and individual performance at work (with P Bamberger). Human Resource Management Review, 5, 2, 79-102, 1995.

Strategic and tactical determinants of managerial decision criteria: Power and decision making in public sector organizations (with P Bamberger & B Mundell). Human Relations, 48, 1-22, 1995.

Institutional theory and the politics of institutionalization (with WF Masters & B Mundell). In R Ogawa (Ed.), Advances in the Theory and Practice of Educational Policy, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995.

Collective bargaining amidst education reform (with D Lipsky & J Shedd). In R Thornton & A O'Brien (Eds.), The Economic Consequences of American Education, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993.

Organizational politics: micro, macro, and logics of action (with B Mundell). Educational Administration Quarterly, 29, 4, 423-452,1993.

Causal models of role stressor antecedents and consequences: the importance of occupational differences (with P Bamberger). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 41, 13-34,1992.

Status inconsistency in organizations: from social hierarchy to stress (with P Bamberger & B Mundell). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 14, 21-36, 1992.

Describing organizations by their members: Alternative approaches to the examination of demography in organizations (with P Bamberger). In P Tolbert (Guest Ed.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Special Issue on Organizational Demography, X, 85-111, 1992.

Work-home conflict among nurses and engineers: mediating the impact of role stress on burnout and satisfaction at work (with S Conley & P Bamberger). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 12, 39-53, 1991.

Negotiating the see-saw of managerial strategy: A resurrection of the study of professionals in organizational theory (with P Bamberger & S Conley). In S Barley & P Tolbert (Guest Eds.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Special Issue on Professionals in Organizations. Vol. 8,1991.

Work processes, role conflict and role ambiguity: The case of elementary and secondary schools (with P Bamberger & S Mitchell). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12, 4, 415-432,1990.

Organizational and demographic determinants of teacher militancy on professional issues: A structural equation model (with P Bamberger & S Conley). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 43, 5, 570-586, 1990.

Exit and voice: Militancy and turnover in elementary and secondary schools (with P Bamberger). Education Administration Quarterly, 26, 4, 316-344,1990.

Human resource planning in high technology entrepreneurial startups (with P Bamberger & L Dyer). Human Resource Planning, 13,1, 37-44, 1990.

The dimensionality of decisional participation in educational organizations: the value of a multi-domain evaluative approach (with P Bamberger, S Conley & S Bauer). Education Administration Quarterly, Spring 1990.

Work processes, role conflict and role overload: The case of nurses and engineers in the public sector (with S Conley & P Bamberger). Work and Occupations,17, 2, 199-228,1990.    

Human resources management and organizational effectiveness: High technology entrepreneurial startup firms in Israel (with P Bamberger & L Dyer). Human Resource Management, 28,3, 349-366,1989.

Organizational theories: some criteria for evaluation. Academy of Management Review, 14, 4, 496-515, Oct 1989.

Power and empowerment: the constraining myths in emerging structures of teacher unionism in an age of reform. In R Crowson & J Hannaway (Eds.), Handbook of the Politics of Education, 1989.    

School management and teacher unions: the capacity for cooperation in an age of reform (with J Shedd & S Conley). Teachers College Record, Fall 1989. Also published in the Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association,1988.    

Four themes of reform: an editorial essay. Education Administration Quarterly, 24, 4,1988.

Notes on a political theory of educational organization. In A Westoby (Ed.), Culture and Power in Educational Organizations, London: Open University Press, 1988.

Comparison of dependence and punitive forms of power (with EJ Lawler). Social Forces, 66, 446-462,1987.

Collective bargaining in higher education. In D Lipsky & C Donn (Eds.), Collective Bargaining in American Industry, Lexington Books, 1987.

A developmental framework for evaluating teachers as decision makers (with S Conley & J Shedd). Journal of Person¬nel Evaluation in Education, Summer 1987.
    
Environmental influence on authority and consensus in organiza¬tions (with M Aiken). Sociology of Organization, IV, 1986.
    
Organizational analysis of stress: the case of elementary and secondary schools (with S Conley & S Bauer). Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1986.

Dependence and power in bargaining (with EJ Lawler). In D Lipsky & D Lewin (Eds.), Research in Industrial Relations, 1986.

Paradoxes in negotiations (with EJ Lawler). Negotiation Journal, 2, 167-174,1986.

Theory and practice in organizations: schools as political systems (with S Mitchell). In J Lorsch (Ed.), Handbook of Organizational Behavior, Prentice Hall, 1986.

Beyond career ladders: structuring career development systems (with S Conley & J Shedd). Teachers College Record, Summer 1986.

Strategic choice and collective action: organizational deter¬min¬ants of teacher militancy (with S Mitchell). Research in Industrial Relations, 1985.

Bargaining in organizations. In M Bazerman & R Lewicki (Eds.), Negotiations in Organi¬zations, Sage Publica¬tions, 1983.
    
Political action and alignments in organizations (with EJ Lawler).  Research in the Sociology of Organizations, II, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1983.

Organizations and expectations: organizational determinants of union membership demands (with S Mitchell). In D Lipsky (Ed.), Advances in Industrial Relations, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1982.
    
Power and tactics in bargaining (with EJ Lawler). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1981. Reprinted in J Baderschneider, R Block & J Fossum (Eds.), The Collective Bargaining Process: Reading and Analysis, Dallas: Business Publishers, Inc.,1982.

Organizational and political dimensions for research on school district governance and administration. In Organizational Behavior in Schools and School Districts, Praeger, 1981.

Interest group politics in school districts (with S Mitchell). In Organizational Behavior in Schools and School Dis¬tricts, Praeger, 1981.

Role allocation processes in public bureaucracies: external political pressures, internal differentiation, and the perception of recruitment and promotion (with J French). Administration and Society, 12, 4, 399-426,1981.

Organizational structure, work process and proposal making in administrative bureaucracies (with M Aiken & L French). Academy of Management Journal, 23, 4, 631-652,1980.

Communications in administrative bureaucracies (with M. Aiken). Academy of Management Journal, 1977. Reprinted in D Katz, R Kahn & JS Adams (Eds.), The Study of Organizations, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980.

Autonomy and dependence: the maze of local government review (with J Reader & G Rolleston). In D Ashoford (Ed.), Urban Choice and State Power, New York: Methuen, Inc., 1980.

The impact of alienation, meaninglessness and meritocracy on supervisor and subordinate satisfaction (with M Aiken). Social Forces, 57, 3, 853-870,1979.

Power dependence in individual bargaining: The expected utility of influence (with EJ Lawler). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 32, 2, 196-204,1979.

Morphologie et processus: une critique de la recherche intra-organisationnelle contemporaine. Sociologie du Travail, 1978.

Culture and organizational structure and process: a comparative study of local government administrative bureaucracies in the Walloon and Flemish regions of Bel¬gium. In D Hickson & CJ Lammers (Eds.), Organizations Alike and Unlike, London: Routledge and Kegan Publishers, 1979.

The urban system, politics and bureaucratic structure: a comparative analysis of 44 local governments in Belgium (with M Aiken). In L Karpik (Ed.), Organizations and Their Environment: Theory, Issues and Reality, London: Sage, 1978.

Structural and process constraints of influence in organ¬iza¬tions: A level specific analysis (with M. Aiken), Administrative Science Quarterly, 20, 165-176,1976.

Outcome alternatives and value as criteria for multi-strategy evaluations (with EJ Lawler). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976.
    
Perception of power (with EJ Lawler). Social Forces, 1976.

Perception of power in conflict situations (with H Michener & EJ Lawler). Journal of Person¬ality and Social Psychology, 1973. Reprinted in A Cresswell & M Murphy (Eds.), Education and Col¬lective Bargaining: Readings in Policy and Research, Berkeley: McCutchan Publishing Corporation, 1976.