Review of Le choc de l'informatique: Les répercussions psychosociales et le r?le des attitudes.

Reviews the book, ILe choc de l'informatique: Les répercussions psychosociales et le r?le des attitudes by Serge Guimond and Guy Bégin (1987). This monograph is concise and easy to read. The reader knows immediately that technological questions will be explored, as well as the psychological and human questions being attached to the new use of information technology. Three fields are covered, each one the subject of a chapter: 1) computers in the educational circle; 2) computers and work; and 3) computers in the house. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Anglophone and Francophone managers' perceptions of cultural differences in approaches to work.

Examined the extent to which 600 Anglophone and 188 Francophone managers in a large corporation in Canada believed that members of the 2 groups differed in their approach to and execution of their work. Francophone managers tended to perceive differences, whereas Anglophones showed a slight tendency to perceive similarities. Consistent with previous research, the Francophone managers who perceived differences expressed favorable attitudes toward the differentiating characteristics of their own group and those of Anglophones. In contrast, Anglophone managers who perceived differences evidenced a degree of ethnocentrism, viewing characteristics of their own group favorably and relatively downgrading those of Francophones. The ethnocentrism on the part of Anglophone managers was interpreted as reflecting a predictable response to what they perceive to be threatening changes in intergroup relations in Quebec. (13 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)