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Technology and deskilling: the case of five principal trade areas in New South Wales
Author(s) -
Davis Denis J.
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.tb00088.x
Subject(s) - deskilling , principal (computer security) , business , economic growth , engineering , economics , computer science , computer security , work (physics) , mechanical engineering
This article summarises features of the current debate over whether new technology upgrades or downgrades skill and knowledge requirements and reports on how 1,700 tradespeople (craftspeople) interviewed in 1983–85 in NSW, substantially reported an upgrading effect.