Generally speaking, my areas of research interest are organizational sociology, and work and occupations. In particular my focus is on nonprofit and voluntary associations and social movement organizations. My research looks at how the ideals of organizations influence the way the organizations works and those who work in these systems. I also have an interest in mixed methods research and developing new ways to look at narrative and organizational identity.
My dissertation was on the USGBC’s LEED certification system for green and sustainable building practices. I looked at both the LEED AP accreditation system and how it shifts the way that professionals do their work. I also examined the choice to build green for organizations who chose to build using the LEED certification system. More information about my dissertation can be found on this page.
DISSERTATION
From Ideals to Buildings: Green Building in California
PUBLICATIONS
Joseph Galaskiewicz, Beth M. Duckles and Olga Mayorova. 2009. “Childcare Networks and Embedded Experiences”. In Contexts of Social Captial: Social Networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations, edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin and Ronald Breiger. New York: Routledge.
Beth M. Duckles, Mark A. Hager and Joseph Galaskiewicz. 2005. “How Nonprofits Close: Using Narratives to Study Organizational Processes” Pp. 169-203 in Advances in Qualitative Organizational Research Edited by Kimberly D. Elsbach. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc. [pdf]
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Beth M. Duckles. “Institutionalizing Green: Professionalizing Sustainable Practices in the Building Industry” Under Review.
Don Grant, Christine Sheikh, Rebecca Erickson and Beth M. Duckles. “Rehumanizing Care?: How, When and With What Emotional Effect Human Service Workers Enact Ideologies of Compassion.”
Joseph Galaskiewicz, George Hobor and Beth M. Duckles. “Who Can You Trust? A Study Explaining Trust in Youth Services in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area”
Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga Mayorova and Beth M. Duckles. “The Ecology of Youth Services in Phoenix”
