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Call Number: SC0504
Creator:
Webb, Eugene J., 1933-1995
Title: Eugene J. Webb papers
Dates: 1961-1994
Physical Description:
8.5 Linear feet
Summary: Professional papers relating to courses Webb taught at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and his research
interests such as philanthropy, altruism, effect of deadlines on human behavior, and organizational behavior. Included are
correspondence, notebooks, articles, subject files, course materials, papers by students, case studies, and articles by others.
Correspondents include Robert B. Cialdini, Morris E. Eson, Claude Faucheux, John W. Gardner, Steven Jobs, Jeffrey Pfeffer,
and Jon Van Til. There are also materials from an executive education program for corporate board directors that Webb developed.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Eugene J. Webb, a pioneer in the development of research and teaching of organizational behavior in business schools, joined
the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford in 1968. He earned his A.B. at SUNY Albany in 1954 and his Ph.D.
at the University of Chicago in 1956; he worked in the advertising industry and then taught at Northwestern University prior
to his arrival at Stanford.
At Stanford he was the founding director of the Public Management Program, created and taught many innovative courses, and
developed an executive education program for corporate board directors. In addition to his teaching duties, Webb was an associate
dean of the Graduate School of Business and served as chairman of the university's Faculty Senate. In 1977 he became the first
holder of the Lane Family Professorship in the Business School.
Webb's best known book was Unobstrusive Measures: Nonreactive Research in the Social Sciences. His research interests included
philanthropy, altruism, and the effect of deadlines on human behavior.
Webb died in March of 1995.
The papers of Eugene J. Webb are largely his professional papers pertaining to his teaching activities in the Graduate School
of Business at Stanford and his research interests. Included are correspondence, course materials, notebooks, papers and articles,
case studies, subject files, students' papers, and articles by others.
These papers had no particular order when received. In processing them, they were arranged in the following manner: correspondence,
course materials, writings by Webb, subject files, and source materials.
Bing, Peter S.
Cannon, Warren M.
Cialdini, Robert B.
Eson, Morris E.
Faucheux, Claude.
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
Guthrie, James W.
Jobs, Steven, 1955-
Kirst, Michael W.
Leavitt, Harold J.
Makridakis, Spyros G.
Miller, Arjay R.
Patell, James M.
Pfeffer, Jeffrey.
Pond, Samuel A.
Porterfield, James T.S.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Graduate School of Business --Curricula.
Stanford University. Graduate School of Business
Van Til, Jon.
Webb, Eugene J., 1933-1995
Weingast, Barry R.
Altruism.
business
Business education --United States.
Charities
Organizational behavior.
Additional Note
| Name | Box | Folder | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen, Peter C. | 12 | 9 | Letters |
| Arkwright, Marianne | 10 | 7 | |
| Arrillaga, Fran | 10 | 2 | |
| Arvedson, Lennart | 9 | 3 | |
| Arvedson, Lennart | 13 | 7 | Letters |
| Atieh, Jennifer M. | 14 | 8 | |
| Baier, Vicki Eaton | 11 | 6 | |
| Bandura, Albert | 13 | 3 | |
| Baron, J. | 13 | 7 | Letters |
| Bennis, Warren | 11 | 2 | |
| Bies, Robert J. | 10 | 1 | |
| Bing, Peter S. | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Blanchett, Herbert A. | 12 | 9 | Letters |
| Brief, Arthur P. | 14 | 8 | |
| Bundhurat, Jakravudh | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| Burgelman | 13 | 7 | Letters |
| Campbell, Donald T. | 6 | 6 | |
| Campbell, Donald T. | 6 | 9 | |
| Campbell, Donald T. | 7 | 2 | |
| Cannon, Warren | 13 | 6 | Letters |
| Carpenter, Guy | 1 | 14 | Letters |
| Chaiseri, Nongyao | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| Chesney, Maxine Mackler | 11 | 12 | |
| Cialdini, Robert B. | 10 | 5 | |
| Cialdini, Robert B. | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Davis-Blake, Alison | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Davis-Blake, Alison | 10 | 1 | |
| de Bettignies, Henri-Claude | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Dean, John Gunther | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| Dietel, William M. | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Doherty, Elizabeth M. | 14 | 8 | |
| Dowling, John B. | 9 | 3 | |
| Dowling, John B. | 9 | 4 | |
| Dowling, John B. | 9 | 5 | |
| Efthymiou, George | 11 | 5 | Letters |
| Ellsworth, Phoebe C. | 6 | 7 | |
| Ely, Lenard | 10 | 2 | |
| Embeoglou, N. M. | 11 | 5 | Letters |
| Esariya-umpai, Radaporn | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| Eson, Morris E. | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Eson, Morris E. | 6 | 3 | |
| Eson, Morris E. | 7 | 1 | |
| Eson, Morris E. | 7 | 3 | |
| Eson, Morris E. | 7 | 5 | |
| Eson, Morris E. | 10 | 1 | |
| Faucheux, Claude | 1 | 10 | Letters |
| Freitas, Joseph | 11 | 12 | |
| Gardner, John W. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Grauer, Frederick L.A. | 9 | 2 | |
| Grauer, Frederick L.A. | 9 | 5 | |
| Gump, Patricia | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Guthrie, James W. | 12 | 12 | Letters |
| Gwynn, Kathi | 10 | 2 | |
| Handy, Charles | 11 | 2 | |
| Hannan, Michael | 11 | 12 | |
| Harrell, Tom Willard | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Heyns, Roger | 10 | 5 | |
| Howell, James Edwin | 1 | 11 | |
| Israsena, Paron | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| Jerrell, Lee | 9 | 3 | |
| Jobs, Steven P. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Kennedy, Judy | 11 | 1 | |
| Kirst, Michael W. | 12 | 12 | Letters |
| Koziol, Ken | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Leavitt, Harold J. | 6 | 4 | |
| Leavitt, Harold J. | 6 | 9 | |
| Leavitt, Harold J. | 12 | 1 | |
| Leavitt, Harold J. | 13 | 6 | Letters |
| Lodato, Frank | 10 | 2 | |
| Lund, Mary | 10 | 7 | |
| Lurvey, Ira | 11 | 12 | |
| Makridakis, Spyros | 11 | 5 | Letters |
| March, James G. | 11 | 6 | |
| Martin, Myron | 11 | 12 | |
| McClelland, Kathy | 10 | 5 | |
| McClelland, Kathy | 11 | 1 | |
| McMillan, Brockway | 13 | 2 | |
| Miller, Arjay R. | 12 | 9 | Letters |
| Mitchell, James | 10 | 1 | |
| Morison, Robert | 12 | 11 | |
| Munoz, Frances | 11 | 12 | |
| Nemeth, Charlan Jeanne | 9 | 7 | |
| Nichols, William F. | 10 | 5 | |
| Nord, Walter R. | 14 | 8 | |
| Okamura, Edwin A. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| O'Keefe, Brian | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Olanvoravuth, Ninnat | 14 | 1 | Letters |
| O'Toole, James | 11 | 2 | |
| Patell, James M. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Patell, James M. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Peters, Thomas J. | 6 | 4 | |
| Peters, Thomas J. | 11 | 6 | |
| Pfeffer, Jeffrey | 9 | 6 | |
| Pfeffer, Jeffrey | 10 | 1 | |
| Pfeffer, Jeffrey | 11 | 12 | |
| Pfeffer, Jeffrey | 12 | 20 | |
| Pfeffer, Jeffrey | 13 | 7 | Letters |
| Pond, Pete | 12 | 9 | Letters |
| Pond, Samuel A. | 13 | 6 | Letters |
| Porras, Jerry I. | 11 | 12 | |
| Porterfield, James T.S. | 1 | 11 | Letters |
| Raisian, John | 10 | 1 | |
| Robinson, Norm | 10 | 2 | |
| Saetren, Harald | 11 | 6 | |
| Salancik, Gerald R. | 6 | 5 | |
| Salancik, Gerald R. | 6 | 6 | |
| Salancik, Gerald R. | 11 | 7 | |
| Salancik, Gerald R. | 12 | 20 | |
| Schauer, Richard | 11 | 12 | |
| Scott, Sandy | 10 | 2 | |
| Shapiro, Debra L. | 10 | 1 | |
| Sherman, Daniel J. | 1 | 12 | Letters |
| Shuel, Ted B. | 10 | 7 | Letters |
| Simon, Robert W. | 13 | 6 | Letters |
| Smith, Hedrick | 13 | 2 | |
| Sobrovin, Alexei | 1 | 1 | Letters |
| Somerville, Bill | 10 | 5 | |
| Somerville, Bill | 12 | 2 | Letters |
| Sommer, Robert | 1 | 12 | |
| Spero, Robert | 10 | 7 | |
| Srisupandit, Somburana | 14 | 1 | |
| Troxell, John | 1 | 12 | Letters |
| Van Til, Jon | 6 | 3 | |
| Van Til, Jon | 12 | 3 | Letters |
| Ward, Michael P. | 10 | 1 | |
| Watzke, Gerard E. | 6 | 8 | |
| Weick, Karl E. | 6 | 6 | |
| Weiner, Stephen S. | 9 | 3 | |
| Weingast, Barry R. | 1 | 13 | Letters |
| Welch, Finis | 10 | 1 | |
| Wilson, Liz | 1 | 13 | Letters |
| Wright, Peter | 11 | 1 |