 Job satisfaction and technology in MexicoSteve Lovett, Tom Coyle and Russell Adams Journal of World Business, 2004, vol. 39, issue 3, 217-232 Abstract: The introduction of new technologies is one of the greatest benefits that MNCs can bring to developing countries, and the speed and importance of this technology transfer appear to be increasing. Therefore, the management of developing country workforces in changing technological settings becomes an important issue for MNCs. In this paper, we address this issue, with an emphasis on job satisfaction. Data were collected through a survey of line workers at two factories in Mexico. Both were owned by one parent company, operated under the same set of administrative procedures, and were located within 10 miles of each other. However, one factory used 30-year-old technology, while the other was state-of-the-art. In the low-tech factory we found that intrinsic job characteristics were more closely associated with overall job satisfaction and that job commitment was a relatively more important issue than in the high-tech factory. Date: 2004 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:worbus:v:39:y:2004:i:3:p:217-232 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of World Business is currently edited by David Collings and Jonathan Doh More articles in Journal of World Business from Elsevier |
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