ICTs and employment: The problem of job quality

The impact of information and communications technologies on jobs is not yet known and no outcome is inevitable. Technology-driven changes in organizational structures, employment relations, worker autonomy, and work organization will not automatically result in higher job quality. (Contains 92 refe...

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Published in:International labour review 2001-01, Vol.140 (2), p.165-192
Main Authors: RUBERY, Jill, GRIMSHAW, Damian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Language
Collective bargaining
Communications technology
Creative Activities
Digital technology
Employment
Employment Opportunities
Employment Patterns
Foreign Countries
Impact analysis
Industrial relations
Information Technology
Job Satisfaction
Job Skills
Labor
Labor Relations
Labour market
Networks
Occupations
Optimism
Organizational Change
Organizational structure
Outsourcing
Pessimism
Postindustrial society
Quality of work
Quality of Working Life
Skills
Studies
Telecommunications
Work Environment
Work organization
Working Hours
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Summary:The impact of information and communications technologies on jobs is not yet known and no outcome is inevitable. Technology-driven changes in organizational structures, employment relations, worker autonomy, and work organization will not automatically result in higher job quality. (Contains 92 references.) (SK)
ISSN:0020-7780
1564-913X
DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2001.tb00219.x