Works (36)

Updated: June 8th, 2023 04:33

2022 journal article

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

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 101.

By: A. Wilcox, S. McDonald, R. Benton* & D. Tomaskovic-Devey*

author keywords: Inequality; Mobility; Jobs; Gender; Organizations; Networks
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 6, 2021

2022 journal article

Is cybervetting valuable?

INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 15(3), 315–333.

By: A. Wilcox, A. Damarin & S. McDonald

author keywords: cybervetting; online screening; technology; hiring; selection; employers; organizations; fit
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 19, 2022

2022 article

Organizational perspectives on digital labor market intermediaries

McDonald, S., Damarin, A. K. K., & Membrez-Weiler, N. J. J. (2022, December 19). SOCIOLOGY COMPASS, Vol. 12.

By: S. McDonald, A. Damarin* & N. Membrez-Weiler

author keywords: hiring; intermediaries; Internet; labor markets; organizations; technology
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: January 3, 2023

2021 journal article

Linguistic Employment Niches: Southern Dialect across Industries

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

By: J. Forrest*, S. McDonald & R. Dodsworth

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 4, 2023

2021 article

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.

By: C. Liu, S. McDonald & V. Chua*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 12, 2021

2019 chapter

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).

By: S. McDonald, A. Damarin, J. Lawhorne & A. Wilcox

Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: March 26, 2023

2018 journal article

Social Skill Dimensions and Career Dynamics

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

By: A. Wyant n, A. Manzoni & S. McDonald

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 17, 2023

2018 article

Which Contributions Predict Whether Developers Are Accepted Into GitHub Teams

2018 IEEE/ACM 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES (MSR), pp. 403–413.

By: J. Middleton, E. Murphy-Hill, D. Green n, A. Meade, R. Mayer, D. White n, S. McDonald

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 4, 2019

2017 journal article

The structure of internal job mobility and organizational wage inequality

RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY, 47, 21–31.

By: S. McDonald & R. Benton*

author keywords: Mobility; Jobs; Networks; Inequality; Organizations
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Race, Skin Tone, and Educational Achievement

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 59(1), 91–111.

By: M. Thompson & S. McDonald

author keywords: skin tone; race; education; inequality
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Cross-National Patterns of Social Capital Accumulation: Network Resources and Aging in China, Taiwan, and the United States

AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST, 59(8), 914–930.

By: S. McDonald, F. Chen* & C. Mair*

author keywords: social capital; social networks; life course; aging; Asian societies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

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

AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST, 59(4), 492–507.

By: W. Chen* & S. McDonald

author keywords: teamwork; telework; ICT use; social capital; communication overflow; job skills; autonomy
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

HELPING HANDS: Race, Neighborhood Context, and Reluctance in Providing Job-Finding Assistance

SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, 56(3), 539–557.

By: L. Hamm & S. McDonald

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

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

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 49, 299–313.

By: S. McDonald

author keywords: Networks; Contacts; Social capital; Wages; Job search
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Race, Place, and Unsolicited Job Leads

Social Currents, 3(2), 118–137.

By: S. McDonald, L. Hamm n, J. Elliott* & P. Knepper n

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 4, 2023

2014 journal article

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

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, 54(3-4), 262–273.

By: S. McDonald & J. Lambert

author keywords: Mentoring; Employment; Work; Youth
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

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

Social Forces, 93(3), 905–932.

By: R. Benton, S. McDonald, A. Manzoni & D. Warner

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Production Teams and Producing Racial Diversity in Workplace Relationships

SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM, 28(2), 326–349.

By: J. Payne, S. McDonald & L. Hamm n

author keywords: conflict theory; contact theory; diversity; race; teamwork and friendship; teams; work
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 article

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

McDonald, S. (2013, August). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY, Vol. 54, pp. 386–388.

By: S. McDonald

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

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

SOCIAL FORCES, 91(1), 75–97.

By: S. McDonald, R. Benton n & D. Warner*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

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

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 40(6), 1664–1675.

By: S. McDonald

author keywords: Social networks; Social capital; Employment; Experience; Job search; Gender
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

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

SOCIAL NETWORKS, 33(4), 317–330.

By: S. McDonald

author keywords: Networks; Social capital; Gender; Race; Inequality; Job search
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

MAKING GENDER FIT AND "CORRECTING" GENDER MISFITS Sex Segregated Employment and the Nonsearch Process

GENDER & SOCIETY, 24(2), 213–236.

By: J. Kmec*, S. McDonald & L. Trimble*

author keywords: economy; organizations; work/occupations
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

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

SOCIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM, 30(2), 138–158.

By: J. Day & S. McDonald

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Right place, right time: serendipity and informal job matching

SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW, 8(2), 307–331.

By: S. McDonald

author keywords: networks; embeddedness; employment; labor markets; rational choice; J01 labor economics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

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

SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM, 25(2), 335–359.

By: S. McDonald & C. Mair

author keywords: biographical and historical context; gender; life course; social capital; social networks; work
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Informal Mentors and Education: Complementary or Compensatory Resources?

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

By: L. Erickson*, S. McDonald & G. Elder*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 3, 2023

2009 article

Making Our Way Through the World: Human Reflexivity and Social Mobility

McDonald, S. (2009, February). WORK AND OCCUPATIONS, Vol. 36, pp. 77–78.

By: S. McDonald

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 article

Networks of Opportunity: Gender, Race, and Job Leads

McDonald, S., Lin, N., & Ao, D. (2009, August). SOCIAL PROBLEMS, Vol. 56, pp. 385–402.

By: S. McDonald, N. Lin & D. Ao

author keywords: social capital; networks; job information; inequality; gender; race
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 article

Informal mentoring and young adult employment

McDonald, S., Erickson, L. D., Johnson, M. K., & Elder, G. H. (2007, December). SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, Vol. 36, pp. 1328–1347.

By: S. McDonald, L. Erickson, M. Johnson & G. Elder

author keywords: mentoring; employment; adolescent
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

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

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

By: L. Isaac*, S. McDonald & G. Lukasik*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

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

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

By: S. McDonald & R. Crew

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 26, 2023

2006 journal article

When does social capital matter? Non-searching for jobs across the life course

SOCIAL FORCES, 85(1), 521–549.

By: S. McDonald & G. Elder

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

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

Sociological Inquiry, 75(3), 403–428.

By: S. McDonald

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 3, 2023

2003 journal article

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.

By: D. Street, J. Quadagno, L. Parham & S. McDonald

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 3, 2023

2001 journal article

How Whites Explain Black and Hispanic Inequality

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

By: S. McDonald

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: March 4, 2023

Employment

Updated: June 19th, 2020 11:28

2006 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Professor Sociology

2004 - 2006

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, US
Postdoctoral Fellow Sociology

Education

Updated: June 19th, 2020 11:31

2000 - 2004

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, US
PhD Sociology

1997 - 1999

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, US
MS Sociology

1993 - 1997

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, US
BS Sociology