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Technology, markets and the design of women's jobs—the case of the clothing industry
Author(s) -
Truman Carole,
Keating Joan
Publication year - 1988
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.1988.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - clothing , restructuring , clothing industry , affect (linguistics) , business , industrial organization , textile industry , marketing , fashion industry , labour economics , commerce , economics , political science , sociology , communication , finance , law
The clothing industry has been saved largely as a result of the introduction of new technology in response to an increasingly competitive market place. But what affect has this restructuring had upon jobs? We explore how women workers have experienced this change and why policy‐making should consider job design.