ITR/SOC: Survey on Information Technology, Job Skill Requirements, and Work Organization

许多领域（社会学、经济学、劳资关系、教育、商业管理）的研究人员、企业经理和政府决策者都认为，计算机正在推动工作和组织性质的深刻变化，特别是在提高工作技能要求和新的管理实践方面，如自主团队和员工参与决策。然而，缺乏适当的数据限制了这一领域的研究进展。本项目是一项两波面板调查，针对具有全国代表性的员工样本（n=2,500），专门设计用于调查信息技术（IT）对工作技能要求和员工参与（EI）的影响。调查将使用详细的项目来生成有关IT使用水平和趋势、技能需求和特定EI实践的信息。横断面和固定效应多元回归分析将调查IT对技能需求的直接影响和通过参与EI实践操作的间接影响，以及IT、技能和EI对其他员工成果（如工资、工作条件和工作满意度）的影响。除了填补现有知识中的这些公认的空白之外，该调查还将为研究人员提供新的工作和组织措施，并将方法和结果提供给那些从事与工作场所变化相关的政策和规划的政府、企业、劳工、教育和人类服务部门的人员。

Researchers in many fields (sociology, economics, industrial relations, education, business management), business managers, and government policy-makers believe that computers are driving profound changes in the nature of work and organization, particularly in increased job skill requirements and new management practices, such as self-directed teams and employee involvement in decision-making. However, the lack of appropriate data has limited the progress of research in this area. This project is a two-wave panel survey of a nationally representative sample of employees (n=2,500) designed specifically to investigate the impact of information technology (IT) on job skill requirements and employee involvement (EI). The surveys will use detailed batteries of items to generate information on the level and trends of IT use, skill demands, and specific EI practices. Cross-sectional and fixed-effects multivariate regression analyses will investigate the direct impact of IT on skill demands and indirect impacts operating through participation in EI practices, as well as the impacts of IT, skills, and EI on other employee outcomes, such as wages, working conditions, and job satisfaction. In addition to filling these recognized gaps in existing knowledge, the survey will contribute new job and organizational measures for researchers and methods and results will be made available to those in government, business, labor, education, and human services who engage in policy and planning relating workplace changes.