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Work, Labor Markets and Organizations

The Work, Labor Markets, and Organizations (WLMO) program investigates the social structure and social institutions of production, consumption, and distribution in contemporary societies. Current research projects include the organization of research and development in the United States and Japan, social network processes in voluntary associations, internal labor markets and the displacement of older workers, market and organizational influences on wage inequality, models of the division of labor in family households, the impacts of the Internet, and the structure of intergenerational transfers of wealth. Members of this specialization share also research interests and collaborate with colleagues in other specializations, and especially with those in REG (Race, Ethnicity, and Gender) and ICAS (International, Comparative, and Asian Societies). As a major node in the global economy, Chicago provides an environment rich in private, non-profit and government organizations that offer outstanding research opportunities. If you enter this concentration, you will select from two tracks: Work and Organizations; or Labor Markets and Inequality.

Associated Faculty

• William Bridges
• Sharon Collins
• Rachel Gordon
• Sydney Halpern
• Cedric Herring
• Helen Miller
• James Norr
• Pamela Popielarz
• David Rubinstein
• Moshe Semyonov
• John Walsh
• Yoosik Youm

Course Requirements^*

• Sociology 441 - Social Stratification
• Sociology 447 - Organizations
• Two units of Sociology 547 - Seminar: Social Organization
• One Seminar from outside the department, chosen from the following list (Other outside seminars may be allowed by petition.):

  Work and Organizations Track

  • Mgmt 541 - Organizational Behavior
  • Psych 518 - Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes
  • Psych 530 - Organizational Psychology
  • Mgmt 581 - Organizational Theory

  Labor Markets and Inequality Track

  • Econ 540 - Economics for Non-Economics PhD Students
  • Econ 531 - Labor Economics I

*You must complete either Soc. 441 or 447 as a prerequisite before entering the concentration.