Critical to technological innovation into the newspaper industry is the level of cooperation between labor and management. This study examined the probability of such cooperation.
A comparison was made between the perceptions of labor leaders in the American newspaper industry. Data were collected from a national sample of 30 such labor leaders. It was concluded that newspaper labor leaders: (1) do not think that technological innovation will lead to improved industry productivity, and, thus, are unlikely to cooperate in the incorporation of such innovations into the industry; (2) do not accept the proposition that technological innovation can occur simultaneously with the protection of employee interests, and, thus, are unlikely to cooperate in the introduction of such innovations; (3) do not accept the proposition that technological innovation can occur simultaneously with the preservation of union effectiveness, and, thus, are unlikely to cooperate in the introduction of such innovations; and (4) think that the necessary level of cooperation will occur to permit the effective introduction of technological innovation even though they oppose the process, and thus, newspaper management has a golden opportunity to both better labor relations and attain its own goals.
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1 PROBLEM INVESTIGATED .............................. 1
Introduction ...................................... 1
Problem Background ................................ 2
Statement of the Problem .......................... 3
Research Questions ............................. 4
Hypotheses and Variables ....................... 5
2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE .......................... 7
Introduction ...................................... 7
Technological Innovation .......................... 7
Productivity ..................