When should workers embrace or resist new technology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11490010
AutoresPaul Edwards (0000-0003-4220-7408, University of Birmingham), Paulina Ramirez (0000-0002-7639-1074, University of Birmingham)
Año2016
Volumen31
Número2
Páginas99-113
Fecha de publicación2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Technology Work and Employment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-1072 • E-ISSN: 1468-005X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ntwe.12067
OpenAlexW2475073053
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas38
Referencias citadas28

The question of how workers might respond to new technologies has lurked behind many debates on the subject. It has not been posed directly, in part because of concerns about the determinism of asking about the effects of a technology. A preliminary is to set aside these concerns by showing that effects can be identified without determinism. The main argument is that technologies can be assessed on six dimensions: intended or unintended effects; direct and indirect effects; degree of reconstitution in use; immanence; degree of success and degree of discontinuity with the past. These dimensions can then be used to pose questions about any one technology. Three illustrations suggest how such questions can be posed in concrete conditions. Technologies can be challenged so that alternatives to extant systems of work organisation can be considered

Determinism · Economics · Emerging technologies · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Immanence · Positive economics · Sociology · Technological determinism · Unintended consequences · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Management and Organizational Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence · Mechanical Engineering