Publications
Professor Blair-Loy’s Books:
Articles and Chapters:
* Indicates student co-author
Pandemic Impacts, Cultural Conflicts and Moral Dilemmas Among Faculty at a Hispanic-Serving Research
M. Blair-Loy, Stephen Reynders*, Beth Mitchneck, Avesta Baraki, Rebecca Lewison, and John Crockett. 2023. Community, Work & Family 26:5, 626-649. DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2023.2271644
Productivity Metrics and Hiring Rubrics Are Warped by Cultural Schemas of Merit
M. Blair-Loy, Stephen Reynders, and Erin A. Cech. 2023. Trends in Microbiology. Cell Press 31 (6) June: 556-558. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.03.004
Can Rubrics Combat Gender Bias in Faculty Hiring?
M. Blair-Loy, Olga V. Mayorova, Pamela C. Cosman, and Stephanie I. Fraley. 2022. Science 377(6601): 35-37. DOI: 10.1126/science.abm2329
• Covered in Inside Higher Ed
Medical Student Parental Leave Policies at U.S. Medical Schools
Danielle Roselin, Jessica Lee, Reshma Jagsi, M. Blair-Loy, Kim Ira, Priya Dahiya, Joan Williams, and Christina Mangurian. 2022 (Oct. 26). Journal of Women’s Health 31 (10): 403-1410. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0048
Women’s Underrepresentation in Corporate Power in Norway and US: Beyond In-group Favoritism
Sigtona Halrynjo and M. Blair-Loy. 2021. Nordic Journal of Working Life 11(S7): 79-102. DOI: 10.18291/njwls.128592
The Changing Career Trajectories of New Parents in STEM
Erin A. Cech and M. Blair-Loy. 2019. PNAS, 116 (10) 4182-4187. DOI: 0.1073/pnas.1810862116
• Recognized as a Top 10 article of 2019 to make a “large impact on the public understanding of science”
• Among others, covered in Science Daily, Nature News, MSN.com/Time, Inside Higher Ed, Market Watch
Masculinity in Male-Dominated Occupations: How Teams, Time and Tasks Shape Masculinity Contests
Erin Reid, Olivia O’Neill, and M. Blair-Loy. 2018. Journal of Social Issues Vol 74, Issue 3, pp. 579-606. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12285
Gender in Engineering Departments: Are There Gender Differences in Interruptions of Academic Job Talks?
M. Blair-Loy, Laura E. Rogers*, Daniela Glaser*, Y. L. Anne Wong*, Danielle Abraham*, and Pamela C. Cosman. 2017. Social Sciences 6(1): 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/socsci6010029
• Reprinted in Charles, Maria and Sarah Thébaud, eds. 2018. Gender and STEM: Understanding Segregation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Basel: MDPI Press.
Demands and Devotion: Cultural Meanings of Work and Overload among Women Researchers and Professiona
M. Blair-Loy and Erin A. Cech. 2017. Sociological Forum 32(1): 5-27. DOI: 10.1111/socf.12315
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award Nominee
Recognizing Chilliness: How Schemas of Inequality Shape Views of Culture and Climate in Work Environments
Erin A. Cech, M. Blair-Loy, and Laura E. Rogers*. 2017. American Journal of Cultural Sociology 6(1):125-160. DOI: 10.1057/s41290-016-0019-1
Long Hours and the Work Devotion Schema: The Case of Executive Men in the United States
M. Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams*. 2017. Pp. 141-155 in Berit Brandth, Sigtona Halrynjo and Elin Kvande, eds. Work-Family Dynamics and the Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315716794-9
Devoted Workers, Breadwinning Fathers: The Case of Executive Men in the United States
M. Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams*. 2017. Pgs. 41-60 in M. Oechsle and B. Liebig, eds. Fathers in Work Organizations: Inequalities and Capabilities, Rationalities and Politics. Berlin/Opladen/Toronto: Budrich. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvdf0bpf.5
Stability and Transformation in Gender, Work, and Family: Insights from The Second Shift for the Next Quarter Century
M. Blair-Loy, Arlie Hochschild, Allison J. Pugh, Joan C. Williams, and Heidi Hartmann. 2015. Community Work and Family 18: 435-454. DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2015.1080664
Consequences of Flexibility Stigma among Academic Scientists and Engineers
Erin A. Cech and M. Blair-Loy. 2014. Work and Occupations 41: 86-110. DOI: 10.1177/0730888413515497
• Covered in Inside Higher Ed and Work In Progress
Cultural Schemas, Social Class, and the Flexibility Stigma
Joan Williams, M. Blair-Loy, and J. Berdahl. 2013. Journal of Social Issues 69: 209-234. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12012
• Summarized in Rotman Magazine, Winter 2013
Male Model of Career
M. Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams*. 2013. In Vicki Smith, ed. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. DOI: 10.4135/9781452276199
Exploring the Relationship between Mission Statements and Work-Life Practices in Organizations
M. Blair-Loy, Amy S. Wharton, and Jerry Goodstein. 2011. Organization Studies 32: 427-450. DOI: 10.1177/0170840610397480
Perceiving Glass Ceilings? Meritocratic vs. Structural Explanations among Women in Science and Technology
Erin A. Cech and M. Blair-Loy. 2010. Social Problems 57: 371-397. DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.3.371
Moral Dimensions of the Work-Family Nexus
M. Blair-Loy. 2010. In S. Hitlin and S. Vaisey, eds. Handbook of the Sociology of Morality. New York: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6896-8_23
Organization-Based Legitimacy: Core Ideologies and Moral Action
Jerry Goodstein, M. Blair-Loy, and Amy S. Wharton. 2009. In I. Reed and J. Alexander, eds. Meaning and Method: The Cultural Approach to Sociology. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. DOI: 10.4324/9781315633503-4
Work Without End? Scheduling Flexibility and Work-to-Family Conflict among Stockbrokers
M. Blair-Loy. 2009. Work and Occupations 36: 279-317. DOI: 10.1177/0730888409343912
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award Finalist (Six finalists out of pool of 2,500 research articles in 77 journals)
Use of Formal and Informal Work-Family Policies on the Digital Assembly Line
Amy S. Wharton, Sarah Chivers*, and M. Blair-Loy. 2008. Work and Occupations 35: 327-350. DOI: 10.1177/0730888408316393
The Diversity of Culture
Amy Binder, M. Blair-Loy, John H. Evans, Kwai Ng, and Michael Schudson. 2008. Cultural Sociology and its Diversity. Special issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Vol. 619 (September). DOI: 10.1177/0002716208318469
Long Work Hours and Family Life: A Cross-National Study of Employees’ Concerns
Amy S. Wharton and M. Blair-Loy. 2006. Journal of Family Issues. 27: 415-436. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05282985
Societal Cultural Models of Work and Family: An International Perspective
M. Blair-Loy and Michal Frenkel. 2005. In M. Pitt-Catsouphes and P. Raskin, eds., Work-Family Encyclopedia, Sloan Work & Family Research Network.
Mothers in Finance: Surviving and Thriving
M. Blair-Loy and Amy S. Wharton. 2004. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 596: 151-171. DOI: 10.1177/0002716204268820
Organizational Commitment and Constraints on Work-Family Policy Use: Corporate Flexibility Policies in a Global Firm
M. Blair-Loy and Amy S. Wharton. 2004. Sociological Perspectives 47: 243-267. DOI: 10.1525/sop.2004.47.3.243
Work Devotion and Work Time
M. Blair-Loy. 2004. In C. F. Epstein and A. Kalleberg, eds., Fighting for Time: Shifting Boundaries of Work and Family. Russell Sage Foundation. DOI: 10.7758/9781610441872.13
Globalization, Work Hours, and the Care Deficit among Stockbrokers
M. Blair-Loy and Jerry A. Jacobs. 2003. Gender & Society 17: 230-249. DOI: 10.1177/0891243202250777
• Reprint. 2006. In Zimmerman, Litt & Bose, eds., Global Dimensions of Carework. Stanford University Press.
Family and Career Trajectories among African American Female Attorneys
M. Blair-Loy and Gretchen DeHart*. 2003. Journal of Family Issues 24: 908-933. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03255455
• Reprint. 2006. In P. J. Dubeck, ed. Workplace/Women’s Place, 3rd edition. Roxbury Publishing.
Employees’ Use of Family-Responsive Policies and the Workplace Social Context
M. Blair-Loy and Amy S. Wharton. 2002. Social Forces 80: 813-845. DOI: 10.1353/sof.2002.0002
The ‘Overtime Culture’ in a Global Corporation: A Cross National Study of Finance Professionals' Interest in Working Part-Time
Amy S. Wharton and M. Blair-Loy. 2002. Work and Occupations 29: 32-63. DOI: 10.1177/0730888402029001003
Cultural Constructions of Family Schemas: The Case of Women Executives
M. Blair-Loy. 2001. Gender & Society 15: 687-709. DOI: 10.1177/089124301015005004
• Sally Hacker Prize from Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association
It’s Not Just What You Know, It’s Who You Know: Technical Knowledge, Rainmaking, and Gender among Finance Executives
M. Blair-Loy. 2001. Research in the Sociology of Work 10: 51-83. DOI: 10.1016/S0277-2833(01)80021-2
Career Patterns of Executive Women in Finance: An Optimal Matching Analysis
M. Blair-Loy. 1999. American Journal of Sociology 104: 1346-97. DOI: 10.1086/210177
Gender, Race, Local Labor Markets, and Occupational Devaluation
Jerry A. Jacobs and M. Blair-Loy. 1996. Sociological Focus 29: 209-230 (special issue on Gender in the Workplace, edited by Barbara F. Reskin). DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1996.10570641
• Reprint. 2001. In E. Anderson and D. S. Massey, eds. 2001. The Problem of the Century: Racial Stratification in the United States. Russell Sage Foundation.
Religious Participation in Early Adulthood: Age and Family Life Cycle Effects on Church Membership
Ross M. Stolzenberg, M. Blair-Loy, and Linda J. Waite. 1995. American Sociological Review 60: 84-103. DOI: 10.2307/2096347