Cor Lammers

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CJ Lammers

Cornelis Jacobus ("Cor") Lammers (born April 20, 1928 Amsterdam ; † May 1, 2009 Oegstgeest ) was a Dutch sociologist and one of the founders of organizational theory research in the Netherlands.

Life

After studying at the University of Michigan and the University of Amsterdam , Lammers received his doctorate there in 1963. In 1964, he took over a professorship for sociology at the University of Leyden . He stayed in Leyden until his retirement in 1993. In 1972 and 1973 he was a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS). In 1974, as a Fullbright Scholar , he examined the status of organizational sociology research in the USA.

In his work, Lammers built bridges between the various strands of sociological research in European countries. His approach and specialty was exemplary for Dutch sociologists: local scholar with a cosmopolitan understanding. Throughout his life, Lammers studied evacuation and disaster experiences, general practitioners and their patients, and strikes and mutinies in the late 50s and early 60s of the twentieth century. In the early 21st century, he researched the military at war, military occupation, and atrocities. Add democracy in organizations, as well as socialization processes, student associations and so on and so forth ...

In doing so, Lammers remained firmly rooted in Dutch sociology, but at the same time collected his findings worldwide, fitting his findings both historically and systematically into a closed system. And despite this comprehensive approach, Lammers did not allow himself to be misled into using his sociology as a tool of management, and he avoided too strong connections to the business schools.

Lammers research repeatedly took more recent theories from the middle of the theoretical body and combined them with empirical data. In doing so, he combined general sociology with organizational sociology , with a virtuoso mastery of both subjects. He reminded sociologists that you don't have to reinvent the wheel to do good research. At the same time, he criticized very fashion-driven research approaches.

Lammers was one of the founders alongside the American Michael Aiken , the French Michel Crozier and Werner Ackermann , the (then) Swiss Jean-Claude Thoenig and Peter Atteslander , the Italian Franco Ferraresi , the Austrian Erhard Friedberg and the British David J. Hickson of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS).

bibliography

During his career, Lammers has published around 20 books and published around 75 articles in well-known journals such as the American Journal of Sociology , Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Studies . His work, written together with Jacques van Doorn , Moderne sociologie: Systematiek en analyze? became a standard work for sociologists in the Netherlands for over two decades.

Books (selection)

  • 1959, Moderne sociologie: Systematiek en analyze
  • 1963, Het Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine; A sociological analysis van de inlijving van groepen adspirant-officieren in de zeemacht
  • 1977, The Dynamics of university protest
  • 1979, Organizations Alike and Unlike (with David Hickson)
  • 1983, Organizations vergelijkenderwijs: ontwikkeling en relevantie van het sociologically think over organisaties
  • 1989, Organizational democracy: taking stock

Article (selection)

  • 1974, The state of organizational sociology in the United States: travel impressions by a Dutch cousin . Administrative Science Quarterly 19: 422-430.
  • 1978, The comparative sociology of organizations . Annual Review of Sociology 4: 485-510.
  • 2006, De internationale betekenis van Cor Lammers in de organizational theory

Honors

In 2001 Lammers became the second honorary member of EGOS.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Socioloog Lammers (81) overleden ; Obituary for Cor Lammers; in de Volkskrant of May 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Kostas Gemenis (2009) In Memoriam: CJ Lammers (1928–2009) ; in the Journal of Historical Sociology, Vol. 22 No. 3 September 2009; ISSN 0952-1909.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Jean-Claude Thoenig, laudation for Cornelis J. Lammers on the occasion of his honor as an honorary member of EGOS, 2001; on the EGOS website, accessed on November 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Honorary Members on the EGOS website; accessed on November 8, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lammers, Cor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lammers, Cornelis J .; Lammers, Cornelis; Lammers, Cornelis Jacobus; Lammers, CJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2009
Place of death Oegstgeest