Steve McDonald

Wicked Problems: Graduate Students’ Experiences in A Convergent Research Environment

Jones, M. G., Nieuwsma, J., Bordewieck, K., Childers, G., McDonald, S., Bourne, K., … Classen, J. (2025, April 8). Research in Science Education, Vol. 4.

Handbook of Inequality and Social Capital

In Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-inequality-and-social-capital-9781802202366.html

Introduction: connecting social capital with studies of social inequality

Côté, R., McDonald, S., & Shen, J. (2024, October 15). Edward Elgar Publishing EBooks.

Revisiting social capital and social network research: inequality in social relations and structure

McDonald, S., Davis, A. P., & Shen, J. (2024, October 15). Edward Elgar Publishing EBooks.

Is cybervetting valuable?

Wilcox, A., Damarin, A. K., & McDonald, S. (2022, September 1). Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 15, pp. 315–333.

Old Boy Networks at Work in the United States

Liu, C., & McDonald, S. (2022, July 18). Informal Networks in International Business.

Organizational perspectives on digital labor market intermediaries

McDonald, S., Damarin, A. K., & Membrez‐Weiler, N. J. (2022, December 19). Sociology Compass.

Gender inequality in relational position-taking: An analysis of intra-organizational job mobility networks

Wilcox, A., McDonald, S., Benton, R. A., & Tomaskovic-Devey, D. (2021, July 29). Social Science Research, Vol. 101.

Linguistic Employment Niches: Southern Dialect across Industries

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 7, 237802312199916.

Of Markets and Networks: Marketization and Job Lead Receipt in Transitional China

Liu, C., McDonald, S., & Chua, V. (2021, September 29). Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 9.

Social Capital and Economic Sociology

McDonald, S., & Benton, R. A. (2020, December 15). The Oxford Handbook of Social Networks.

Black Holes and Purple Squirrels: A Tale of Two Online Labor Markets

In Research in the Sociology of Work: Vol. 33. Work and Labor in the Digital Age (pp. 93–120).

Social Skill Dimensions and Career Dynamics

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 4, 237802311876800.

Which contributions predict whether developers are accepted into github teams

Middleton, J., Murphy-Hill, E., Green, D., Meade, A., Mayer, R., White, D., & McDonald, S. (2018, May 28). 2018 IEEE/ACM 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES (MSR), pp. 403–413.

The structure of internal job mobility and organizational wage inequality

McDonald, S., & Benton, R. A. (2016, April 3). Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 47, pp. 21–31.

Cross-National Patterns of Social Capital Accumulation

McDonald, S., Chen, F., & Mair, C. A. (2015, April 9). American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 59, pp. 914–930.

Helping Hands: Race, Neighborhood Context, and Reluctance in Providing Job-Finding Assistance

Hamm, L., & McDonald, S. (2015, March 6). Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 56, pp. 539–557.

Race, Place, and Unsolicited Job Leads

Social Currents, 3(2), 118–137.

Race, Skin Tone, and Educational Achievement

Thompson, M. S., & McDonald, S. (2015, April 17). Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 59, pp. 91–111.

Do Networked Workers Have More Control? The Implications of Teamwork, Telework, ICTs, and Social Capital for Job Decision Latitude

Chen, W., & McDonald, S. (2014, December 1). American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 59, pp. 492–507.

Network effects across the earnings distribution: Payoffs to visible and invisible job finding assistance

McDonald, S. (2014, September 2). Social Science Research, Vol. 49, pp. 299–313.

The Long Arm of Mentoring: A Counterfactual Analysis of Natural Youth Mentoring and Employment Outcomes in Early Careers

McDonald, S., & Lambert, J. (2014, August 21). American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 54, pp. 262–273.

The Recruitment Paradox: Network Recruitment, Structural Position, and East German Market Transition

Social Forces, 93(3), 905–932.

Book review: Social capital and institutional constraints: A comprehensive analysis of China, Taiwan, and the U.S.

McDonald, S. (2013, August 1). International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 54, pp. 386–388.

Frontiers of Sociological Research on Networks, Work, and Inequality

McDonald, S., Gaddis, S. M., Trimble, L. B., & Hamm, L. (2013, January 1). Research in the Sociology of Work.

Networks, Work and Inequality

McDonald, S. (Ed.). (2013, January 1). Research in the Sociology of Work.

Production Teams and Producing Racial Diversity in Workplace Relationships

Payne, J., McDonald, S., & Hamm, L. (2013, June 1). Sociological Forum, Vol. 28, pp. 326–349.

Dual Embeddedness: Informal Job Matching and Labor Market Institutions in the United States and Germany

McDonald, S., Benton, R. A., & Warner, D. F. (2012, July 19). Social Forces, Vol. 91, pp. 75–97.

What You Know or Who You Know? Occupation-specific work experience and job matching through social networks

McDonald, S. (2011, July 23). Social Science Research, Vol. 40, pp. 1664–1675.

What's in the “old boys” network? Accessing social capital in gendered and racialized networks

McDonald, S. (2011, October 1). Social Networks, Vol. 33, pp. 317–330.

Making Gender Fit and “Correcting” Gender Misfits

Kmec, J. A., McDonald, S., & Trimble, L. B. (2010, March 19). Gender & Society, Vol. 24, pp. 213–236.

NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE RACE DISPARITY IN PROMOTIONS AMONG COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES

Day, J. C., & McDonald, S. (2010, February 7). Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 30, pp. 138–158.

Race, Gender, and the Invisible Hand of Social Capital

McDonald, S., & Day, J. C. (2010, July 1). Sociology Compass.

Social Capital Across the Life Course: Age and Gendered Patterns of Network Resources1

McDonald, S., & Mair, C. A. (2010, May 26). Sociological Forum, Vol. 25, pp. 335–359.

Book Review: Archer, M. S. (2007). Making Our Way Through the World: Human Reflexivity and Social Mobility. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 343 pp. $34.99 (cloth)

McDonald, S. (2009, January 12). Work and Occupations, Vol. 36, pp. 77–78.

Informal Mentors and Education: Complementary or Compensatory Resources?

Sociology of Education, 82(4), 344–367.

Networks of Opportunity: Gender, Race, and Job Leads

McDonald, S., Lin, N., & Ao, D. (2009, July 21). Social Problems, Vol. 56, pp. 385–402.

Right place, right time: serendipity and informal job matching

McDonald, S. (2009, October 30). Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 8, pp. 307–331.

Informal mentoring and young adult employment

McDonald, S., Erickson, L. D., Johnson, M. K., & H., G. (2007, April 7). Social Science Research, Vol. 36, pp. 1328–1347.

Takin’ It from the Streets: How the Sixties Mass Movement Revitalized Unionization

American Journal of Sociology, 112(1), 46–96.

Welfare to Web to Work: Internet Job Search Among Former Welfare Clients

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 33(1), 239–253.

Welfare to Web to Work: Internet Job Searching Among Former Welfare Clients in Florida

McDonald, S., & Crew, R. E. (2006, March 1). The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.

When Does Social Capital Matter? Non-Searching For Jobs Across the Life Course

McDonald, S., & H., G. (2006, September 1). Social Forces, Vol. 85, pp. 521–549.

Patterns of Informal Job Matching across the Life Course: Entry-Level, Reentry-Level, and Elite Non-Searching*

Sociological Inquiry, 75(3), 403–428.

Reinventing Long-Term Care: The Effect of Policy Changes on Trends in Nursing Home Reimbursement and Resident Characteristics—Florida, 1989–1997

The Gerontologist, 43(suppl_2), 118–131.

How Whites Explain Black and Hispanic Inequality

Public Opinion Quarterly, 65(4), 562–573.