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Braverman demonstrated several mechanisms of control in both the factory blue-collar and clerical white-collar labour force. His key contribution is his "deskilling" thesis.[citation needed] Braverman argued that capitalist owners and managers were incessantly driven to deskill the labour force to lower production costs[2] and ensure higher productivity.[citation needed] Deskilled labour is cheap and above all easy to control due to the workers' lack of direct engagement in the production process.[2] In turn work becomes intellectually or emotionally unfulfilling; the lack of capitalist reliance on human skill reduces the need of employers to reward workers in anything but a minimal economic way.