Technology upgrading and labor degrading? A sociological study of three robotized factories

Abstract In recent years, the technology-driven industrial upgrading in China has resulted in human labor being replaced with robots. This article explores the impact of "intelligent manufacturing" on workers from the following two perspectives: labor relations and the labor process. The a...

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Main Authors: Yi Xu, Xin Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-09-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00154-x