Stephen R. Barley reflects on over three decades of research to explore both the history of technological change and the approaches used to investigate how technologies, including intelligent technologies such as machine learning and robotics, are shaping our work and organizations.

Stephen R. Barley is the Christian A. Felipe Professor of Technology Management in the College of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is also the Richard Weiland Emeritus Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He co-founded and co-directed the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford's School of Engineering from 1994-2015. He was editor of Administrative Science Quarterly from 1993 to 1997 and the founding editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

• 1: What is a Technological Revolution?


• 2: How Do Technologies Change Organizations?


• 3: Stephen R. Barley and Matt Beane: How Should We Study Intelligent Technologies' Implications for Work and Employment?


• 4: Stephen R. Barley and Diane Bailey: Managing the Fears of Studying Technical Work