This initial volume presents the preliminary findings and analyses in four of the participating countries, namely Sweden, the United States, Poland and the Soviet Union. The result is a collection of uniquely flavoured research papers illustrating, among other things, that automation and its social implications are one of the most important theoretical and practical issues of today and the future

(partial) Introduction The project - history and scope The experience of the international comparative study Automation and work organisation: a Swedish experience Automation and the American automobile worker: routes to humanised productivity Automation, skill, structure and trade unions Polish automobile workers and automation Soviet workers and automation of the production process Research instruments Short description of the optional study and associated studies List of selected documents and papers prepared during the research