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Management, technology and work in commercial broadcasting, c. 1979–98
Author(s) -
McKinlay Alan,
Quinn Brian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00049
Subject(s) - deskilling , collective bargaining , work (physics) , broadcasting (networking) , business , production (economics) , industrial organization , engineering , economics , labour economics , computer science , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , computer network
This article explores the relationship between management strategy, technological change and collective bargaining in the British commercial television industry. The demanning and deskilling potential of digital production technologies remained largely untapped until the second half of the 1980s. The termination of national collective bargaining that had regulated minimum crewing levels was the watershed in terms of work organisation.