Abstract
This study carries out an empirical analysis of how automation technology affects work organizations such as skill requirements, process improvements, and job enlargement. The results of the study are as follows. Automation technology has significantly positive effects on process improvement practices and worker's involvement in the practices, and has weakly positive effects on multi-skilling and job rotation. On the other hand, automation technology has weakly negative effect on worker's involvement in maintenance and trouble-shooting of their machines. There are no effects of automation technology on skill requirements, workers' involvement in solving unusual problems, and self-control of quality. Finally, the results are discussed and interpreted.
| Translated title of the contribution | Automation Technology and Work Organizations |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | 노동정책연구 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2012 |