Machinery and Its Effect upon the Workers in the Automotive Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9752963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Reitell (School of Business Administration, University of Pittsbugh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1924 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-43 |
| Publication date | 1924-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271622411600109 |
| OpenAlex | W2034663204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
THE recent development of machinery in American industry has wrought definite changes in the nature of productive effort required of the workers. So pronounced have been the changes that they record definite influences upon the worker's wages, upon his mental actions and reactions, upon his physical being, and upon the whole social and industrial fabric of which he is a part. Civilization stands before us proud of its achievements in the field of invention. Within a century the steam engine, the cottin gin, the typewriter, the rapid-fire gun, the telephone, the automobile, the turret lathe, the radio -all bear witness to a conquering of mankind of a blind nature. But there is a backfire to all of this mechanical achievement. The work
Automotive industry · Business · Industrial organization · Manufacturing engineering · Automotive Engineering · Engineering · Mechatronics Education and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1995 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |