Technological Change and the Future of Work

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In much of the literature on the future of work the image of small-scale workplaces, including the home, predominates. The central force behind the shift away from centralized mass production is seen as technological change, especially in the areas of microelectronics and telecommunications. This article is based on a study of two groups of new technology outworkers, computer programmers and word processors. Although a small-scale, exploratory study, it provides some empirical evidence to set against the largely speculative and rhetorical claims of other writers. The first part of this article critically surveys recent debates on the reorganization of work, and the second part reports on our study and emphasizes the links between technological changes in the labour process and the structure of labour markets.

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