William E. Snizek
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Joined Virginia Tech: 1972
:
| Bachelor's | SUNY- Stony Brook |
| Master's | Penn State University |
| Doctorate | Penn State University |
CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:
Work, Occupations and Organizational Behavior
Sociology of Science
Metasociology
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Gender, Work Values and Job Satisfaction
Technology Transfer and Impact
RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
William E. Snizek and Kate McCain, Guest editors, Special Issue on Robert K. Merton, Scientometrics, Vol. 60, 2004.
Certificate of Appreciation for Teaching Excellence, Virginia Tech’s Panhellenic Council, 2003.
University Sporn Award for excellence in the teaching of introductory subjects, 2003.
Diggs Teaching Scholar Award, 2002.
Undergraduate Teaching Awards, Virginia Tech's Sociology Department, 1988; 1991; 1996; 1998; 2000
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Ball, Daisy B. and William E. Snizek, “Desktop Graffiti: An Unobtrusive Measure of Student Culture and Campus Climate,” National Social Science Journal, ( 2007).
Overbeeke, Marlies and William E . Snizek, “Websites and Corporate Culture: A Research Note,” Business and Society, Vol. 44: 346-356, 2005.
Zhiwei Zhang and William E. Snizek, “Occupation, Job Characteristics, and the Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs,” Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, Vo. 31, 2003, pp. 395-412.
Snizek , William E. and Joseph J. Kestel. Understanding and Preventing the Premature Exodus of Mature Middle Managers from Today's Corporations. Organization Development Journal, Vol.17, Fall 1999, 63-71.