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| Tekijä: | Keefe, J. H. |
| Otsikko: | Numerically controlled machine tools and worker skills |
| Lehti: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1991 : APR, VOL. 44:3, p. 503-519 |
| Asiasana: | AUTOMATION SKILLS OBSOLESCENCE OF SKILLS MACHINE TOOLS INDUSTRY INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY THEORIES |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | The impact of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools on the average skill level of workers in the nonelectrical machinery industry in the United States is investigated. Analyzing data from the Industry Wage Surveys of "Machinery Manufacturers" to trace changes in the skill levels of 57 machining jobs, it was found that 30 years of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools has resulted in either a very small (1 p.c.) reduction in skill levels or no significant change at all, depending on the measure of skill change used. This result supports neither the position of the "post-industrialists" arguing in favour of increase of skill levels due to new technology, nor the position of "labour process" theorists arguing adversely. |
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