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ERIC Number: EJ398555
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Brave New Workplace: Technology and Work in the New Economy.
Wallace, Michael
Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v16 n4 p363-92 Nov 1989
Technological innovations in factories and offices are examined in terms of 10 core issues: "high flex" workplace; control of work; organizational change; impact on skill; unemployment; educational needs and retraining; changing occupational structures; safety and health; interaction of work, leisure, and family; and quality of working life. The disruptive impact of technological change on future working life is addressed. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Flexible Working Hours, Futures (of Society), Industry, Job Development, Leisure Time, Occupational Safety and Health, Office Automation, Organizational Change, Quality of Working Life, Structural Unemployment, Technological Advancement, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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