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Peer reviewedMather, J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1994
This article discusses the impact of technology on the formation of skills and the career advancement of persons who are blind or visually impaired. It concludes that dependence on technology (computerization and automation) and the mechanistic aspects of jobs may trap blind and visually impaired workers in occupations with narrow career paths…
Descriptors: Automation, Blindness, Career Development, Computers
Download full textSULTAN, PAUL; PRASOW, P. – 1964
THIS SAMPLING OF COLLECTED TESTIMONY WAS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS OF MANPOWER PROBLEMS FACED EVEN IN EXPANDING LABOR MARKETS. A REVIEW OF SELECTED "STRUCTURAL" ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS GAVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATION ON EMPLOYMENT WHEN CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN, NOT TO THE AMOUNT OF LABOR DEMANDED,…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Needs, Employment, Employment Patterns
Leontief, Wassily; Duchin, Faye – 1984
A study examined the actual and projected impact of automation on employment between 1963 and 2000. Utilizing a fully integrated, dynamic input-output model that was designed for this study, the researchers analyzed a large body of quantitative information from diverse, especially technical, sources. This effort resulted in the development of a…
Descriptors: Automation, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Economic Factors
