Dr. Mahmoud (Max) Kashefi
Professor Emeritus Email: mkashefi@eiu.eduWebsite: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~mkashefi/
Education & Training
Professor of Socioloy
Ph.D (Sociology 1988, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana)
Conference Presentations
"Development of Social Capital in High Performance Work Organizations."
MidWest Sociological Association. March 24 -27, 2011; St. Louis, MO.
"Beyond Talk and Chalk; Challenges in Teaching Social Statitics." October 29, 2010.
Illinois Sociological Association. Normal, Illinois.
"Structure and/or Culture: Explaining Racial differences in Work values" October 29, 2010.
Illinois Sociological Association. Normal, Illinois.
Employees Subjective response to "Functional Flexibility, High Performance Work Organization
(HPWO) and Social Capital. Midwest Sociologists Association; April 2010.
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Community
See the vita.Publications
Kashefi, Mahmoud (2011). “Structure and/or Culture: Explaining Racial Differences in Work Values,” Journal of Black Studies.Feb. 22, 2011.Kashefi, Max (2011). "High Performance Work Organizations (HPWO) in Manufacturing and Service Economy." International Sociology.Upcoming Edition, July 2011.
Kashefi, Mahmoud (2009). “Sociology of the 1979 Iranian Revolution." In, Rajesh and Kukreja (eds) Nationalism in South Asia.New Delhi, Ashwin-Anoka Press.
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Funding & Grants
See the vitaFrequently Taught Courses
Social Statistics
Sociology of Work and Occupations
Social Organizations
Social Changes
Research & Creative Interests
Work and Occupations in the United States
Social Capital and its transformation
Social changes in Iranian Society