The technologies used by organizations to manufacture products have changed dramatically over the years. This transition has been met with varying reactions on the part of labor and management. In an effort to establish programs encouraging positive reactions, the adjustment of blue collar workers to a change in technology is examined and is related to their demographics, routinization, job attitudes, attitudes towards automation, prior job expectations, training, job content changes, and perceptions of the job changes. Recommendations for those studying technological change situations and for those instigating such changes are discussed.
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