Thornton, Patricia
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Professor, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
education and training
- Ph.D. in Sociology, Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States)
- M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States)
- B.A. in Sociology, San Jose State University - (San José, California, United States)
selected publications
Academic Articles7
- Thornton, P. H., Ribeiro-Soriano, D., & Urbano, D (2011). Socio-cultural factors and entrepreneurial activity. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship. 29(2), 105-118.
- Thornton, P. H (2010). Chapter 30: Touchstones: The Stanford school of organization theories, 1970-2000. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 28, 429-437.
- Thornton, P. H (2002). THE RISE OF THE CORPORATION IN A CRAFT INDUSTRY: CONFLICT AND CONFORMITY IN INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS.. Academy of Management Journal. 45(1), 81-101.
- Thornton, P. H., & Ocasio, W. (1999). Institutional Logics and the Historical Contingency of Power in Organizations: Executive Succession in the Higher Education Publishing Industry, 1958 1990. American Journal of Sociology. (3), 843.
- Thornton, P. H., & Tuma, N. B (1995). THE PROBLEM OF BOUNDARIES IN CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ON ORGANIZATIONS.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1995(1), 276-280.
Books4
- Thornton, P. H., Ocasio, W., & Lounsbury, M (2012). The Institutional Logics Perspective A New Approach to Culture, Structure and Process. OUP Oxford.
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- Thornton, P. H., Jones, C., & Kury, K. (2005). Institutional Logics and Institutional Change in Organizations: Transformation in Accounting, Architecture, and Publishing. Emerald (MCB UP ).
- Thornton, P. H (2004). Markets from Culture Institutional Logics and Organizational Decisions in Higher Education Publishing. Stanford University Press.
Chapters6
- Thornton, P. H. (2015). Culture and Institutional Logics. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 550-556. Elsevier.
- Thornton, P. H. (2015). The Institutional LogicsPerspective. Van Ree, K. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier.
- Thornton, P. H. (2010). Touchstones: The Stanford School of Organization Theories, 1970-2000. Schoonhoven, C. B., & Dobbin, F. (Eds.), Stanfords Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970-2000. Emerald Publishing Group.
- Thornton, P. H. (2009). The Value of the Classics. The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical Foundations. Oxford University Press.
- Thornton, P. H. (2009). The Value of the Classics. The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical Foundations.
Conference Papers1
- Ocasio, W., & Thornton, P. H (2006). Corporate hierarchies in markets: The effects of structure and strategy on organizational survival. Academy of Management 2006 Annual Meeting: Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern, AOM 2006.
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- MGMT376 Entrepreneurial Perspectives Instructor
- MGMT478 Social Entrepreneurship Instructor
- MGMT489 Sptp: Entrepreneurship Pract Instructor
- MGMT689 Sptp: Institutional Analysis Instructor
- SOCI376 Entrepreneurial Perspectives Instructor
Email
phthornton@tamu.edu
First Name
Patricia
Last Name
Thornton
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Sociology; 4351 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4351
USA