Nahoko Kameo

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Education

Ph.D. 2014 (Sociology), University of California, Los Angeles;

M.A. 2009 (Sociology), University of California, Los Angeles;  

M.A. 2004 (Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics), University of Essex;

B.A. 2003 (Human Sciences), Osaka University.

Research Description

Nahoko’s research interests include organizational theory, economic sociology, and the study of science and technology. She is currently writing a book on processes of practice change and the commercialization of inventions among Japanese university bioscientists and working on a new project on Japanese robotics. She has also written on the use of standard forms in 911 centers and the implementation of empowerment schemes at a software engineering firm. Nahoko uses multiple methods, primarily ethnography, and in-depth interviews.  Nahoko’s work was published in Organization Studies, Journal of Technology Transfer, Theory and Society, and Qualitative Sociology. 

Publications

  • 2017 “Rethinking loose coupling of rules and entrepreneurial practices among university scientists: A Japan-Israel comparison” Forthcoming, Journal of Technology Transfer. Forthcoming. (with Adi Sapir, equal co-authorship.)
  • 2017 “A culture of uncertainty: Interaction and organizational memory in software engineering teams under a productivity scheme.” Organization Studies, 38(6): 733-752.
  • 2015 “Gifts, donations, and loose coupling: responses to changes in academic entrepreneurship among Japanese bioscientists.” Theory and Society, 44:177-198.
  • 2015 “Organizing Documents: Standard forms, person production and organizational action”. (first author, coauthored with Jack Whalen). Qualitative Sociology, 38:205-229.