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New technology and industrial relations
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This article reviews recent studies of new technology and industrial relations and indicates four main areas for future research. The author concludes that more attention should be devoted to the technology itself, and that industrial relations research could usefully incorporate many recent insights and developments in industrial sociology.
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“although numerous insightful studies have explored the impact of technology on work experiences within NTWE, theorisations of technology itself are often underdeveloped and largely remain black-boxed.”
From Reflections on Sociotechnical Change: New Directions for and Continuities in Research on New Technology, Work, and Employment (2026) · cites this paper as Clark 1989
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“This should not be interpreted as a technological determinism that ineluctably dictates work organisation, labour utilisation and employment relations outcomes, but that the specific nature, properties and impacts of technologies do have material consequences.”
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Howcroft, D., Lucio, M. M., & Taylor, P. (2026) · New Technology, Work and Employment · doi:10.1111/ntwe.70049 · Cited by 1
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- Clark, J.
- Venue
- New Technology, Work and Employment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1989-03
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
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- 5-17
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- 0268-1072
- 1468-005X
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