Diversity, Complexity and Technological Change
An Empirical Study of General Printing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2326490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Go, David Goss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-431 |
| Publication date | 1988-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038588022003006 |
| OpenAlex | W1966268568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The study of technological change is now well established. However, much of the sociological work in this area has been concerned with the identification of international/national general trends or tendencies towards either deskilling or enskilling. As yet relatively little attention has been devoted to the detailed ethnography of the effects of technological change as experienced by those directly involved. Where such work has been undertaken it tends to point towards a more complex reality than is commonly acknowledged by the more quantitative or general theories. Using data from a qualitative study of employment relations in the general printing industry this paper seeks to set detailed micro-level analysis within this wider context of technological change, thereby drawing attention to those areas of diversity and complexity which may be overlooked by more general theories
Context (archaeology) · Deskilling · Diversity (politics) · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Geography · Identification (biology) · Set (abstract data type) · Social science · Sociology · Technological change · Work (physics) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Labor Movements and Unions
The entrepreneurial middle class
Learning to Labour
Schooling the Smash Street Kids
The Impact of New Technology on the Structure and Organisation of Craft Unions in the Printing Industry
Pluralist beliefs about new technology within a manufacturing organization
The social implications of new technology
Industrial Relations in the British Printing Industry
The Labor Force Attachment of Discouraged Workers
From 'Post-Industrialism' to 'Information Society
Social Class and Changes in Orientation to Meaning
Unequal Opportunity Structure and Labour Market Segmentation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |