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In the name of progress? skill and attitudes towards technological change
Author(s) -
Rolfe Heather
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.tb00123.x
Subject(s) - technological change , psychology , range (aeronautics) , social psychology , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , aerospace engineering
This article uses case study data to explore the relationship between skill and workers’attitudes to technological change. A detailed model of skill is constructed to examine whether and how jobs are deskilled. The influence of a range of skill‐based and other factors on attitudes is then assessed.