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People's Reactions to Technology
In Factories, Offices, and Aerospace

Edited by:

Stuart Oskamp - Claremont Graduate University, USA
Shirlynn Spacapan - Harvey Mudd College, Claremont

Volume: 4

Series:
Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology

Other Titles in:
Social Psychology

July 1990 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

How does the pace and pervasiveness of new technology impact on the individual? To answer this question, this volume focuses on the computerization of offices, the use of robots in factories and advanced technology in the aerospace industry. Fascinating perspectives on how technology infiltrates everyday life are provided, together with stimulating reports on the latest research in this rapidly changing and diverse field.

Shirlynn Spacapan and Stuart Oskamp

People's Reactions to Technology

PART ONE: FACTORIES

Ann Majchrzak and Donald D Davis

The Human Side of Flexible Factory Automation

Research and Management Practice

Veronica F Nieva, Paul D Newman and Geza Bottlik

Factory Automation and Production Jobs

A Longitudinal Study

PART TWO: OFFICES

Barbara A Gutek and Susan Winter

Computer Use, Control Over Computers, and Job Satisfaction

Robert E Kraut, Robert S Fish, Robert W Root and Barbara L Chalfonte

Informal Communication in Organizations

Form, Function, and Technology

PART THREE: AEROSPACE

Barbara G Kanki and H Clayton Foushee

Crew Factors in the Aerospace Workplace

Harvey Wichman

Human-Machine Interactions in Space Flight

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Stuart Oskamp

Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the... More About Author

Shirlynn Spacapan

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