R Alan Hedley
Biographic Data
| ID | 301317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Alan Hedley |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hedley |
| SIGNATURE | HEDLEY R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective (review)
John Goyder, Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005, 270 pp
Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective
Running out of Control: Dilemmas of Globalization
Borderlines in a Globalized World: New Perspectives in a Sociology of the World-System
Introduction. Borderlines in Time of Globalization: New Theoretical Perspective G. Preyer, M. Boes. I: Reconceptionalizations of the Global: Borderlines in the World-System. The Continual Reconstruction of Multiple Modern Civilizations and Collective Identities S.H. Eisenstadt. Globalization: A World-Systems Perspective C.C. Dunn. World-Systems, Frontiers, and Ethnogenesis: Incorporation and Resistance to State Expansion T.D. Hall. After History?…
The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural Imperialism, or Global Village
This article examines implications of the information revolution for the global inequalities between North and South. A multidimensional empirical taxonomy of information technology is provided to chart its diffusion throughout the world. Two major conclusions ensue from this analysis: (a) The information revolution is still very much in its beginning stages, and (b) it is limited primarily to the developed nations of the North. Based on past pra…
Distributional coalitions, state strength, and economic growth: Toward a comprehensive theory of economic development
Technological Diffusion or Cultural Imperialism: Measuring the Information Revolution
Introduction The Internet is like a 20-foot tidal wave coming, and we are in kayaks. (Grove, cited in Schlender 1996:46) These are words of Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, company credited with launching PC microelectronic revolution in 1971 (Gilder, 1989:91-112). By most accounts, we are deeply ensconced in a technological era in which all of us are (or can be) interconnected via superhighway. What, then, is Grove talking about? As a preliminary reali…
Identity: Sense of self and nation
Positive Reinforcement Now
Making a Living: Technology and Change
Gifts from Social Research
I have regularly taught research methods courses at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels. A little over 10 years ago it struck me that we had learned a good deal about measurement techniques in social research which we could apply directly to teaching, specifically to the evaluation and grading of students' achievement (see Hedley 1978). In order to provide a more accurate (and therefore more defensible) assessment of our students, it i…
Everybody But Me: Self-Other Referents in Social Research
An examination of major survey findings reveals wide discrepancies in results depending upon whether 'self' or 'other' is the referent. The self is portrayed in an idealized form, while other is perceived in a more realistic fashion. Because of the direction and magnitude of the discrepancies produced using self and other referents, it is concluded that self referents should be avoided wherever possible
Social Generalizations: Biases and Solutions
Work-Nonwork Contexts and Orientations to Work: A Crucial Test
A comparative study of Australian industrial workers in four factories permits a crucial test of whether the immediate work context or social context explains the variation in general and specific orientations toward work. The analysis reveals remarkable similarities in response despite significant differences in employer, technology, and organization structure, and in the demographic and labor force characteristics of the two cities in which the…
Work Values: A Test of the Convergence and Cultural Diversity Theses
Work Values: A Test of the Convergence and Cultural Diversity Theses
Community mental health teams: An observational study
Community mental health teams: An observational study
Measurement: Social Research Strategies and Their Relevance to Grading
During the course of sociological research in this century, many strategies and techniques have been developed to render more accurate the process of measurement. If measurement can be seen as the combination of the true observation, plus known and unknown error (Kish, 1959), then researchers have sought to establish methods whereby the error component can be systematically diminished. Whereas sociological measurement can be refined even further,…
Discretion and Work Satisfaction: A Study of British Factory Workers
The paper presents and discusses a portion of empirical data collected from a large sample of British factory workers and relates these workers' perception of the discretion available to them to their work satisfaction. Perceived discretion is measured for two sectors of work experience: first, discretion surrounding actual job performance; and second, discretion involving participation in the world of work. The major conclusion suggested by the …
The Role of National Courses in the Teaching and Development of Sociology: The Canadian Case
Technological Diffusion or Cultural Imperialism: Measuring the Information Revolution
Introduction The Internet is like a 20-foot tidal wave coming, and we are in kayaks. (Grove, cited in Schlender 1996:46) These are words of Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, company credited with launching PC microelectronic revolution in 1971 (Gilder, 1989:91-112). By most accounts, we are deeply ensconced in a technological era in which all of us are (or can be) interconnected via superhighway. What, then, is Grove talking about? As a preliminary reali…
The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural Imperialism, or Global Village
This article examines implications of the information revolution for the global inequalities between North and South. A multidimensional empirical taxonomy of information technology is provided to chart its diffusion throughout the world. Two major conclusions ensue from this analysis: (a) The information revolution is still very much in its beginning stages, and (b) it is limited primarily to the developed nations of the North. Based on past pra…
Distributional coalitions, state strength, and economic growth: Toward a comprehensive theory of economic development
Work-Nonwork Contexts and Orientations to Work: A Crucial Test
A comparative study of Australian industrial workers in four factories permits a crucial test of whether the immediate work context or social context explains the variation in general and specific orientations toward work. The analysis reveals remarkable similarities in response despite significant differences in employer, technology, and organization structure, and in the demographic and labor force characteristics of the two cities in which the…
Work Values: A Test of the Convergence and Cultural Diversity Theses
Making a Living: Technology and Change
Social Generalizations: Biases and Solutions
Discretion and Work Satisfaction: A Study of British Factory Workers
The paper presents and discusses a portion of empirical data collected from a large sample of British factory workers and relates these workers' perception of the discretion available to them to their work satisfaction. Perceived discretion is measured for two sectors of work experience: first, discretion surrounding actual job performance; and second, discretion involving participation in the world of work. The major conclusion suggested by the …
The Role of National Courses in the Teaching and Development of Sociology: The Canadian Case
Discretion and Work Satisfaction: A Study of British Factory Workers
The paper presents and discusses a portion of empirical data collected from a large sample of British factory workers and relates these workers' perception of the discretion available to them to their work satisfaction. Perceived discretion is measured for two sectors of work experience: first, discretion surrounding actual job performance; and second, discretion involving participation in the world of work. The major conclusion suggested by the …
Community mental health teams: An observational study
Community mental health teams: An observational study
Measurement: Social Research Strategies and Their Relevance to Grading
During the course of sociological research in this century, many strategies and techniques have been developed to render more accurate the process of measurement. If measurement can be seen as the combination of the true observation, plus known and unknown error (Kish, 1959), then researchers have sought to establish methods whereby the error component can be systematically diminished. Whereas sociological measurement can be refined even further,…
Work Values: A Test of the Convergence and Cultural Diversity Theses
Work Values: A Test of the Convergence and Cultural Diversity Theses
Social Generalizations: Biases and Solutions
Work-Nonwork Contexts and Orientations to Work: A Crucial Test
A comparative study of Australian industrial workers in four factories permits a crucial test of whether the immediate work context or social context explains the variation in general and specific orientations toward work. The analysis reveals remarkable similarities in response despite significant differences in employer, technology, and organization structure, and in the demographic and labor force characteristics of the two cities in which the…
Everybody But Me: Self-Other Referents in Social Research
An examination of major survey findings reveals wide discrepancies in results depending upon whether 'self' or 'other' is the referent. The self is portrayed in an idealized form, while other is perceived in a more realistic fashion. Because of the direction and magnitude of the discrepancies produced using self and other referents, it is concluded that self referents should be avoided wherever possible
Gifts from Social Research
I have regularly taught research methods courses at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels. A little over 10 years ago it struck me that we had learned a good deal about measurement techniques in social research which we could apply directly to teaching, specifically to the evaluation and grading of students' achievement (see Hedley 1978). In order to provide a more accurate (and therefore more defensible) assessment of our students, it i…
Making a Living: Technology and Change
Identity: Sense of self and nation
Positive Reinforcement Now
Distributional coalitions, state strength, and economic growth: Toward a comprehensive theory of economic development
Technological Diffusion or Cultural Imperialism: Measuring the Information Revolution
Introduction The Internet is like a 20-foot tidal wave coming, and we are in kayaks. (Grove, cited in Schlender 1996:46) These are words of Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, company credited with launching PC microelectronic revolution in 1971 (Gilder, 1989:91-112). By most accounts, we are deeply ensconced in a technological era in which all of us are (or can be) interconnected via superhighway. What, then, is Grove talking about? As a preliminary reali…
The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural Imperialism, or Global Village
This article examines implications of the information revolution for the global inequalities between North and South. A multidimensional empirical taxonomy of information technology is provided to chart its diffusion throughout the world. Two major conclusions ensue from this analysis: (a) The information revolution is still very much in its beginning stages, and (b) it is limited primarily to the developed nations of the North. Based on past pra…
Running out of Control: Dilemmas of Globalization
Borderlines in a Globalized World: New Perspectives in a Sociology of the World-System
Introduction. Borderlines in Time of Globalization: New Theoretical Perspective G. Preyer, M. Boes. I: Reconceptionalizations of the Global: Borderlines in the World-System. The Continual Reconstruction of Multiple Modern Civilizations and Collective Identities S.H. Eisenstadt. Globalization: A World-Systems Perspective C.C. Dunn. World-Systems, Frontiers, and Ethnogenesis: Incorporation and Resistance to State Expansion T.D. Hall. After History?…
Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective (review)
John Goyder, Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005, 270 pp
Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective
Sociology (16 works) · Economics (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)