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Adaptation by employees to new technology
Author(s) -
PATRICKSON MARGARET
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1986.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , adaptation (eye) , task (project management) , sample (material) , work (physics) , control (management) , psychology , production (economics) , process (computing) , public relations , applied psychology , social psychology , operations management , sociology , political science , management , engineering , computer science , media studies , economics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , macroeconomics , operating system
Newspaper compositors, whose work has been redefined following the replacement of hot‐metal technology by an electronic production process, have been surveyed and interviewed some three years after the change. Data were sought concerning their attitudes to their new task content, their reaction to the change in work methods and control, and their ideas about their future. The sample has experienced reduced influence over the decisions of senior management, less utilization of old skills, and reduced future opportunities. However, the majority have adjusted to the change and some prefer it.