New enabling technologies are shaping the transformation of production activities. This process of change is characterised by growing digitization, inter-connectivity and automation. The diffusion of new technologies is, however, very uneven, and firms display different adoption behaviours. By...

This paper explores the impact of digital technologies on the nature and routine intensity of shopfloor work, the ways in which digital technologies exert their effects and the factors moderating the outcomes of digitalisation in respect of work. The effect of technology cannot be limited to a...

Homeoffice hat sich pandemiebedingt von heute auf morgen zum Arbeitsalltag vieler Beschäftigter entwickelt. Sofern arbeitsorganisatorisch möglich, galt es in vielen Bereichen der Arbeitswelt als naheliegender Ansatz der Pandemiebewältigung. Wie aber können wir die vielfältigen Erfahrungen...

The use of software algorithms to automate organisational functions traditionally carried out by human managers has been termed "algorithmic management" and identified in both platform work and conventional employment settings. Algorithmic management has been researched in greatest detail in the...

Wie wirkt sich die Corona-Pandemie auf den »Infektionsherd Betrieb« aus? Anhand einer Befragung von betrieblichen und gewerkschaftlichen Interessenvertreter*innen wagen die Autoren eine Zwischenbilanz zur »Jahrhundertkrise«.

We describe the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of complementarity in organizations. Specifically, rather than treating each work practice in isolation, we consider it an element of HIWS (High...

Purpose: Against the backdrop of the increased prevalence of telework practices as a result of Covid-19, the purpose of the present article is to address the conceptual confusion, overlap and ambiguity characterising much of the published literature in this domain through the development of an...