Social images of technological change

In 1989 and 1990, the ECLAC Social Development Division carried out a study in five Latin American countries -Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador- on the social images of modernization and technological change. Six companies were selected in each country, taking care to include among them State enterprises, domestically-owned private companies and foreign-owned private companies. Care was also taken to ensure that the companies represented a range of economic activities: manufacturing, mining, agriculture, services and transport. In each company, interviews were held with the entrepreneurial side, an engineer or technician, and union leaders. As a result, it was possible to identify some items and expects which may he of importance.