Technological Changes in the Workplace
How technological changes are affecting the American workplace
Information technology (it) and associated high-tech changes in work organization are important causes of a shift to high wage, high skill work. It is among the most important technological changes affecting the economy, and employers who use it usually co-invent new approaches to workplace organization and new product and service offerings. It and the high-tech co-inventions together change the mix of skills that employers demand, often substituting computers for low skill work while complementing work requires certain cognitive and social skills. (Timothy Bresnahan, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lorin M. Hitt)
How American corporations have responded to changing technologies
Employees increased their power and network centrality following the change in technology. In particular, early adopters of the new technology increased their power and centrality to a greater degree than later adopters. (Marlene Burkhardt, Daniel Brass)
Has it been effective?
Today, due to both rapid and sweeping change in the workplace, life feels complex and unsettling. Modern technologies are both exhilarating and frightening, bringing problems along with great promise. (Daphne Taras, James Bennett)
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