Porat, Bell, and the Information Society Reconsidered: The Growth of Information Work in the Early Twentieth Century.

Schement, Jorge Reina

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ERIC Number: EJ413738

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Publication Date: 1990

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Porat, Bell, and the Information Society Reconsidered: The Growth of Information Work in the Early Twentieth Century.

Schement, Jorge Reina

Information Processing and Management, v26 n4 p449-65 1990

Analyzes the growth of information work to test Bell and Porat's view that the information society is postindustrial. The measurement of information work is discussed, information occupations in the service sector and industrial sector are described, and the effect of modern management on the growth of information work is considered. (28 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Occupations, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: English

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