Computers in the workplace (is 912 A4)

Perceived impact of computers or automation on skill level 

in last five years*.

 

Source: General Social Survey

* Employees affected by automation.

Employees currently using computers were far more likely than non-users to have experienced the 

impact of automation in the preceding five years. Among computer users, 63% had been greatly affected 

by the introduction of computers or automated technology. Interestingly, an almost identical proportion 

(61%) of employees not using computers reported no effects of technological change. Only 1 in 10 of 

nonusers said they had been greatly affected. The most obvious explanation for this is that the question 

on computer use was restricted to basic office technologies, whereas the impact of computers was 

measured in more general terms by including automated technology.