Computerized offices in Canada and the United States: Investigating dispositional similarities and differences
研究比较了加拿大和美国员工对计算机化工作的态度,发现性别、职位层级和计算机类型导致的内部差异,且美国女性员工的担忧与加拿大女性不同。
Abstract A scale measuring computer dispositions was used in order to examine whether computerization of work affects employees similarly or differently in Canada and the United States. The study explores the possibility that employees may differ intraculturally, that is, according to gender, hierarchical level in the firm, and whether they work with intelligent work‐stations or main‐frame terminals. The data indicates that intracultural differences are apparent according to type of computer used, gender, and hierarchical level of the respondents. What concerned U.S. female respondents about computer‐mediated work did not necessarily apply to their Canadian counterparts.