People's Reactions to Technology

Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.

• People′s Reactions to Technology - Shirlynn Spacapan and Stuart OskampPART ONE: FACTORIESThe Human Side of Flexible Factory Automation - Ann Majchrzak and Donald D DavisResearch and Management PracticeFactory Automation and Production Jobs - Veronica F Nieva, Paul D Newman and Geza BottlikA Longitudinal StudyPART TWO: OFFICESComputer Use, Control Over Computers, and Job Satisfaction - Barbara A Gutek and Susan WinterInformal Communication in Organizations - Robert E Kraut, Robert S Fish, Robert W Root and Barbara L ChalfonteForm, Function, and TechnologyPART THREE: AEROSPACECrew Factors in the Aerospace Workplace - Barbara G Kanki and H Clayton FousheeHuman-Machine Interactions in Space Flight - Harvey Wichman