Technological Change in an Auto Assembly Plant

The Impact on Workers' Tasks and Skills

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2362964
AutoresR Milkman (0000-0001-8859-4541, University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente), Cydney Pullman (The Labor Institute)
Ano1991
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas123-147
Data de publicação1991-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888491018002001
OpenAlexW2093917612
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências 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