This study examines the relations among information technology (IT),
workplace organization and the demand for skilled labor. Recently, demand for
skilled labor has relatively increased. One of the causes of this great increase is skill-
biased technical change. Firms that are intensive users of IT tend to adopt a
complementary set of organizational practices that include: decentralization of
decision authority and a greater reliance on skill and human capital. I have explored
the affects of IT on skill and organizational architecture of firm by using a detailed
data which was collected from the aioecam Group of Company. I have tested that IT
usage is complementary or substitutionary to a new workplace organization which
includes broader job responsibilities, more decentralized decision-making and more
self-managing teams together with IT and new organization are complements with
worker skill measured in variety of ways.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1171446/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2003 |
| Creators | Gursoy, Serkan |
| Contributors | Erdil, Erkan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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