Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

本论文是第一次尝试评估之一， 劳动组织结构和劳动过程， 服务业方面 以前的大多数工作都局限于 制造业的体力劳动者。 本研究探讨 社区卫生院的分娩过程 护理系统。 它探讨了社会目标和背后的理由 设计和部署医院技术和医疗 创新和技术之间的复杂关系 工作组织结构的变化。

This dissertation represents one of the first attempts to assess the structure of work organization and labor processes in a service industry. Most previous work has been confined to manual workers in manufacturing industries. This study examines the labor process in the hospital setting of a community health care system. It examines the social goals and rationales behind the design and deployment of hospital technologies and medical innovations and the complex relationship between technological change and the structure of work organization.