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Peer reviewedZicklin, Gilbert – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1987
Research on the effects of numerical control (NC) machining on the skills of machinists presents mixed results. Interviews with a small group of machinists experienced in both conventional and NC matching suggest seven major factors that affect whether NC automation changes the overall skill level. The deskilling hypothesis is not supported by…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Machinists, Numerical Control, Skill Analysis
Peer reviewedVallas, Steven Peter; Yarrow, Michael – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1987
The authors critically examine the analysis by Hull, Friedman, and Roger finding that deskilling and heightened alienation are not necessarily the outcomes of increased technology. The authors suggest that the outcome of technological change be approached as an indeterminate process shaped by prevailing relations between workers and management.…
Descriptors: Alienation, Employees, Marxism, Research Problems
Peer reviewedAttewell, Paul – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1987
Braverman and others argue that capitalism continues to degrade and deskill work. The author presents theoretical, empirical, and methodological criticisms that highlight methodological weaknesses in the deskilling approach. (SK)
Descriptors: Automation, Capitalism, Clerical Workers, Job Skills
Peer reviewedMilkman, Ruth; Pullman, Cydney – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1991
Worker surveys and interviews with workers, managers, and unions explored the impact of technological change and reorganization at General Motors' plant in Linden, New Jersey. Skilled trades workers experienced skill upgrading and increased responsibility, whereas production workers underwent deskilling and were increasingly subordinated to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Assembly (Manufacturing), Automation, Job Analysis
