Comparing Expressive Values in Rural & Urban Industrial Development

伦理和价值观研究与人类学计划在 支持这一项目，审查价值方面的 技术与社会的互动。 人们普遍认为 在美国，农村和小城镇的生活质量 城市比大城市更好。 的 这项研究的目的是比较生活质量， 在小型机床公司工作的个人， 宾夕法尼亚州西部的农村、半农村和城市地区， 确定哪些因素影响满意度 这些人与他们的生活。 深入 该地区小型机床公司的民族志将 包括调查工人对 他们的工作、休闲、社区和一般生活。 研究 方法将包括传统的人类学实地技术， 包括观察、访谈和使用关键线人， 以及当地和区域的经验抽样方法 调查，以及使用书面和物理刺激材料， 排序和排名任务。 结果将包括在 专业协会会议，书籍章节和文章， 各种各样的期刊。 这一研究将进一步了解农村和城市的质量 生活、农村和城市地区的技术发展、 自动化对工作和工人满意度的影响，以及 工作、休闲、社区和生活满意度之间的关系 这些商店的员工。 调查人员非常好 合格;以及研究设计和收集方法， 分析非常复杂。 结果将是感兴趣的 政策制定者和学者的广泛受众。 支持 强烈推荐。

Ethics and Values Studies joins with the Anthropology Program in supporting this project that examines value dimensions in the interactions of technology and society. It is commonly believed in the United States that the quality of life in rural and small towns is preferable to that found in large urban areas. The objective of this research is to compare the quality of life for individuals who work in small machine-tool companies located in rural, semi-rural, and urban areas of western Pennsylvania, and to ascertain what factors contribute to the degree of satisfaction that these individuals have with their lives. An in-depth ethnography of the small machine-tool companies in the region will be developed, including a survey of workers' satisfaction with their jobs, leisure, communities, and lives in general. Research methods will include traditonal anthropological field techniques, including observation, interviews, and the use of key informants, as well as the experience sampling method, local and regional surveys, and the use of written and physical stimulus materials in sorting and ranking tasks. Results will include presentations at professional society meetings, book chapters, and articles in a wide variety of journals. This research will further knowledge of quality of rural and urban life, technological development in rural and urban areas, the influence of automation on work and worker satisfaction, and the relationships among work, leisure, community, and life satisfaction of employees of these shops. The investigators are very well qualified; and the research design and methods of collection and analysis are very sophisticated. Results will be of interest to a broad audiences of policymakers as well as academics. Support is highly recommended.