Summary information

Study title

Contemporary Work Situation of Clerical Employees, 1979-1981

Creator

Crompton, R., University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies

Snow, T., University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies

Jones, G. L., University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies

Reid, S., University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies

Study number / PID

1948 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1948-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mechanisation (computerisation) on clerical work, with particular reference to the de-skilling of the clerical labour process; to examine the feminisation of the non-manual labour process and the implication of both computerisation and feminisation for male and female careers.

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attitudes to work, promotion, computerisation, flexitime and trade unionism; class location of clerical, administrative and managerial employees; the nature of work done and levels of control; previous employment (since entering the work force), other employment (jobs) with present employer; willingness to be geographically mobile and extent of geographical mobility.
Background Variables
Age, gender, marital status, family composition, present employment level; formal educational and vocational post-entry qualifications; trade union membership.

Labour and employmentScience and technologyBusiness/industrial management and organisation

AGEATTITUDESAUTOMATIONCAREER DEVELOPMENTCHILDRENCOMPUTERSDECISION MAKINGEMPLOYMENT HISTORYFATHERSFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTGENDERIN-SERVICE TRAINING

Data collection period

01/11/1979 - 01/01/1981

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

Subnational

Clerks

Computer users

Employees

Universe

Men and women employed by three organizations: a clearing bank, a local authority, and an insurance company. Typing and secretarial staff, unless clerk-typists, were excluded, as were manual employees

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1984

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee.

Crompton, R. and Jones, G. (1984) White-collar proletariat: : deskilling and gender in clerical work, London: Macmillan.
Reid, S., Crompton, R. and Jones, G. (1982) 'Contemporary clerical work: : a case study of local government' , London: Routledge.
Crompton, R. and Jones, G. (1982) 'Clerical `proletarianisation': : myth or reality?' , Aldershot: Gower Press.