Continuities and Change in Skilled Work

A Comparision of Five Paper Manufacturing Plants in the UK, Australia and the USA

Bibliographic Data

ID5634993
AuthorsR Penn (0000-0003-0206-422X), Hilda Scattergood
Year1988
Volume39
Issue1
Pages69
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/590994
OpenAlexW1964722812
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited4

This paper involves an examination of skilled manual work in the modern paper industry. The data were collected at five mills in three countries the UK, Australia and the USA. The questions were formulated in order to probe four theories of skilled work. The results suggest that the distinction between skilled and nonskilled work is a fundamental feature of occupational differentiation in all five plants. They also reveal that there are intra-skilled conflicts over relative pay and demarcation lines and that these are affected by the wider socio-political environment

Economic geography · Geography · Regional science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Mechanical Engineering

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