Digitalization and labor restructuring : editorial

Martina Fuchs, Andrew Cumbers

This editorial shows how the digital economy continuously reshapes work and employment. Based on a literature review, it illustrates that digitalization frequently implies job loss, de-skilling and measures to restrict co-determination and participation of labor. However, digitalization also offers opportunities for managers, employees and unions to create new work tasks and conditions for skilled work. After showing major trends of digitalization in the last decades, the editorial illustrates recent research fields in economic geography.

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Year of publication:	2023
Authors:	Fuchs, Martina ; Cumbers, Andrew
Published in:	ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography. - Berlin : de Gruyter, ISSN 2748-1964, ZDB-ID 3061065-5. - Vol. 67.2023, 4, p. 173-176
Subject:	digitalization \| labor \| online retail \| technology \| trade union \| work \| Digitalisierung \| Digitization \| Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Electronic Commerce \| E-commerce \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Online-Handel \| Online retailing \| Arbeitsbeziehungen \| Employment relations \| Arbeitswelt \| World of work \| Einzelhandel \| Retail trade