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Opening the black box: the relation between technology and work
Author(s) -
Rose H.,
McLoughlin I.,
King R.,
Clark J.
Publication year - 1986
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/j.1468-005x.1986.tb00077.x
Subject(s) - relation (database) , work (physics) , black box , telecommunications , engineering , sociology , computer science , mechanical engineering , data mining , artificial intelligence
This article argues that social scientists need to develop a detailed understanding of ‘technology’, and its relationship to social variables, if the full impfication of new technologjes is to be adequately investigated. Material from research on telephone exchange modemisation in British Telecom is used to develop such an approach.