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Technology in Everyday Life and Perceptions of Competence 1
Author(s) -
Stern Steven E.,
Kipnis David
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01071.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , feeling , psychology , perception , social psychology , relation (database) , everyday life , applied psychology , computer science , database , neuroscience , political science , law
Studies of technology in the workplace generally report that the use of de‐skilling technology results in dissatisfied and alienated employees. To determine whether this relation existed in nonworkplace settings, a series of surveys were conducted to assess the relation between the kind of technologies people use and feelings of competence. In three separate surveys of cooking, photography, and driving cars, a positive relation was found between the skill requirements of the technology that people use and their assessment of their ability and level of enjoyment in these activities.