Technological Change in an Auto Assembly Plant

The Impact on Workers' Tasks and Skills

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2362964
AutoresR Milkman (0000-0001-8859-4541, University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia), Cydney Pullman (The Labor Institute)
Año1991
Volumen18
Número2
Páginas123-147
Fecha de publicación1991-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888491018002001
OpenAlexW2093917612
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas11

This article explores the impact of technological change and organizational restructuring on workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Linden, New Jersey. An in-plant worker survey was conducted as well as extensive interviews with workers, managers, and union officials. Changes in the plant polarized the work force: Skilled trades workers have experienced skill upgrading and gained more responsibility for maintaining and managing the new equipment, while production workers have undergone deskilling and find themselves increasingly subordinated to the new technology

Business · Deskilling · Economics · Labour economics · Management · Operations management · Political science · Public relations · Restructuring · Technological change · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Finance · Mechanical Engineering