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2017 (English)In: Management Revue, ISSN 0935-9915, E-ISSN 1861-9908, Vol. 28, no 3, p. 281-297Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
There are clear signs that digitalization attempts such as Industry 4.0 will becomemore apparent in workplaces. This development requires reflections and considerationsso we do not create more problems than we solve. In our paper, we have raisedseveral questions related to the Industry 4.0 that need answers: Is Industry 4.0 a discourse,an organizational model, or just technology? Does the requirement for flexibilitycall for a new labour market? How will Industry 4.0 affect competence andskill requirements? Will Industry 4.0 encourage a new gender order? Will Industry4.0 take over dangerous routine work or will old work environmental problems appearin new contexts and for other groups of workers? Can we rely on robots aswork mates or will they spy on us and report to management? Based on our analysis,we addressed four knowledge gaps that need more research in relation to thedigitalization of work: The relationship between new technology, working conditions,qualifications, identity, and gender; the future of the workers' collective;crowdsourcing in an industrial context; and human-machine interaction with a focuson integrity issues.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2017
Keywords
Work, Organization, Labour, Gender, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things
National Category
Work Sciences Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Information Systems, Social aspects
Research subject
Human Work Sciences; Engineering Psychology; Information systems
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-66497 (URN)10.5771/0935-9915-2017-3-281 (DOI)000430506800002 ()2-s2.0-85048265221 (Scopus ID)
Note
Validerad;2017;Nivå 1;2017-11-10 (andbra)
2017-11-082017-11-082020-08-26Bibliographically approved