Technology and Social Structure in a Japanese Automobile Factory

The present research investigates the ways in which the Japanese-factory social structure mitigates the alienating effects of auto-assembly technology. The Japanese employee enjoys dual work roles; as an assembler and as a member of the company community. Because these roles are insulatedfrom one an...

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Published in:Sociology of Work and Occupations 1977-11, Vol.4 (4), p.397-426
Main Author: Osako, Masako
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alienation/Alienated
Automotive components
Automotive engineering
Communities
Contamination
Factories
Factory/Factories
Industrial engineering
Japan/Japanese
Occupation
Plants
Relations, industrial
Social structure/Social structures
Technology/Technological/ Technologically
Worker/Workers
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Summary:The present research investigates the ways in which the Japanese-factory social structure mitigates the alienating effects of auto-assembly technology. The Japanese employee enjoys dual work roles; as an assembler and as a member of the company community. Because these roles are insulatedfrom one another, his negative reaction to the immediate job fails to contaminate his relationship with the enterprise, which he experiences primarily as a member of its community.
ISSN:0093-9285
0730-8884
DOI:10.1177/003803857700400402