March 1999 Table of Contents

Articles
Exploring the Black Box: An Analysis of Work Group Diversity, Conflict and Performance
Lisa Hope Pelled, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, and Katherine R. Xin Abstract

The Influence of Organizational Acquisition Experience on Acquisition Performance: A Behavioral Learning Perspective
Jerayr Haleblian and Sydney Finkelstein Abstract

The Time Famine: Toward a Sociology of Work Time
Leslie A. Perlow Abstract

The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge across Organization Subunits
Morten T. Hansen Abstract

Industry Categories and the Politics of the Comparable Firm in CEO Compensation
Joseph F. Porac, James B. Wade, and Timothy G. Pollock Abstract

ASQ Forum
Taking Coase Seriously
Robert Gibbons Abstract

Coase Encounters and Formal Models: Taking Gibbons Seriously
Mark Granovetter Abstract

Efficiency and Rationality in Organizations
John Freeman Abstract

Book Reviews
2 Review on Decision Making

Zur Shapira, ed.: Organizational Decision Making - Max H. Bazerman

Helga Drummond: Escalation in Decision-Making: The Tragedy of Taurus - Donald E. Conlon

Other Reviews
Barbara Czarniawska and Guje Sev?n, eds.: Translating Organizational Change - Pasquale Gagliardi

William A. Pasmore and Richard W. Woodman, eds.: Research in Organizational Change and Development, vol. 10 - Terri L. Griffith

Oliver E. Williamson: The Mechanisms of Governance - Robert F. Freeland

Andrew J. Hoffman: From Heresy to Dogma: An Institutional History of Corporate Environmentalism - Michael Lounsbury

John F. Mahon and Richard A. McGowan: Industry as a Player in the Political and Social Arena: Defining the Competitive Environment - Frank Dobbin

Gary Alan Fine: Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work - Bonalyn J. Nelsen

Richard V. Ericson and Kevin D. Haggerty: Policing the Risk Society - Maurice Punch

Alan C. Kerckhoff, ed.: Generating Social Stratification: Toward a New Research Agenda - Ronald Brieger

Daniel Druckman, Jerome E. Singer, and Harold Van Cott, eds.: Enhancing Organizational Performance - Patrick M. Wright

March 1999 Cover From the color print, "Eze, France" (1994) - by Keith O'Callahan (also known as J. Keith Murnighan). Used with the photographer's permission.