A qualitative protocol for studying technological change in the labor process
| Title: | A qualitative protocol for studying technological change in the labor process |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Publication Date: | 1994 |
| Published In: | Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique |
| Description: | The article specifies, illustrates. and defends the logic of a qualitative approach for studying the workplace outcomes of technologlcal change. The first stage involves the use of intensive case-study methods to discover the normative orders that mediate shop floor reactions to technological innovation. The second stage involves the use of archival analyses to test the hypotheses developed in the first stage and to generalize them to the industry over time. The third stage involves cross-case comparison to generate general theoretical statements. This approach is illustrated with reference to Zetka's (1992a: 1992b) study of technological innovation in auto body bulldtng and to Walsh's (1989; 1991) study of retall meatcutting. Qualitative Methodology. Historical Methodology. Labor Process. Technological Change Workplace Relations. Automobile Industry Meatcutters Retail Food Industry. © 1994, Sage Publications. All rights reserved. |
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| Citation: | Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique. 45. Issue 1. 37 - 73. ISSN 0759-1063. DOI 10.1177/075910639404500104. |
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