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Is the Pendulum Swinging Back? Patterns of Skill Change in the Machine‐Tool Industry

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  • Luc Sels
  • Geert Van Hootegem

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In this paper, we focus on the results of the Belgian Trend Study. The intention of this study was to examine the prevalence of new production concepts within the widest possible range of Belgian companies in the automobile, machine tool, chemical and clothing industries. The Trend‐study aimed to answer the following questions: is the Taylorist division of labour a thing of the past ? What are the alternatives? Are shifts in the division of labour accompanied by another type of personnel policy, and do traditional industrial relations have to make way for this new approach? The methodological concept used had to guarantee that the findings at the level of each industry could be generalized. In this paper, we examine the penetration of new production concepts in the main processing fields of the machine tool industry.

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  • Luc Sels & Geert Van Hootegem, 1998. "Is the Pendulum Swinging Back? Patterns of Skill Change in the Machine‐Tool Industry," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 12(3), pages 542-569, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:12:y:1998:i:3:p:542-569
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00079
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