UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
FISHERMEN IN A WESTERN PUERTO RICAN FISHING VILLAGE WERE STUDIED TO ASCERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS WHICH SUPPORTED OR RESISTED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THEIR FISHING OPERATIONS.
Spaulding, I. A. · 1970

Abstract
MOST FACTORS WERE RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY"S MODERNIZATION. IN THIS TRANSITION, CHANGE COULD BE EITHER SUPPORTED OR RESISTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP GROUPS, BY INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY, BY A PERSON"S IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AREA IN WHICH HE LIVED AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO IT, AND AN INDIVIDUAL"S SOCIAL AND PERSONAL VALUES. ECONOMIC MOTIVATION TENDED TO SUPPORT CHANGE. A PERSON"S EVALUATION OF HIS ACTIVITY, STATUS, OR SITUATION AS ADEQUATE EVIDENCED RESISTANCE TO CHANGE. HOSTILE, DETERRING RESPONSES TO CHANGE DERIVED FROM THREAT OR DEPRIVATION. IN ADDITION, PRONENESS TOWARD TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FISHING OPERATIONS WAS DISCERNED AS RELATED TO ALLOCATIONS OF SPACE AND TIME USE FOR FISHING AS WELL AS TO MAINTAINING ENOUGH CATCH TO ACHIEVE STATUS EXPECTATIONS IN A COMMERCIALLY ORIENTED DEVELOPING STATUS SYSTEM. ALTERATION OF THE WORK RHYTHM WITH "LARGE BOATS AND ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT" STOOD TO HAVE REORGANIZING EFFECTS ON FAMILY AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE FISHERMEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
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