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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464108503321

Autore

Bailey Diane E. <1961->

Titolo

Technology choices : why occupations differ in their embrace of new technology / / Diane E. Bailey and Paul M. Leonardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32369-9

0-262-32368-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Acting with Technology

Disciplina

331.25/6

Soggetti

Technology - Public opinion

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Vocational interests

Organizational behavior

Automation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Explaining technology choices in the workplace : proposing an occupational perspective -- Automobile, buildings, and chips : product design work across three occupations -- What product designers let technology do -- To automate or not? -- People amid the technology : locating engineering work -- The role of occupational factors in shaping technology choices -- An occupational perspective.