White-collar Proletariat

Deskilling and Gender in Clerical Work

• Author(s): Rosemary Crompton, Gareth Jones,
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Pages: 277
• ISBN_10: 0877223564
  ISBN_13: 9780877223566
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Labor / General ,

Description:... Case study examining skill obsolescence among clerical workers and nonmanual workers in the UK - explains skill analysis; examines the impact of automation and computerization on administrative work; studies sexual division of labour, employment status of woman workers and men labour mobility; discusses the growth of trade unionism and how social class influences occupational status. Bibliography, statistical tables.