
ERIC Number: EJ425181
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Publication Date: 1991
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Technological Change in an Auto Assembly Plant: The Impact on Workers' Tasks and Skills.
Milkman, Ruth; Pullman, Cydney
Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v18 n2 p123-47 May 1991
Worker surveys and interviews with workers, managers, and unions explored the impact of technological change and reorganization at General Motors' plant in Linden, New Jersey. Skilled trades workers experienced skill upgrading and increased responsibility, whereas production workers underwent deskilling and were increasingly subordinated to the new technology. (SK)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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