Toward a Socioeconomic Company-Level Theory of Automation at Work

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dc.contributor.authorKrzywdzinski, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T14:39:47Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T14:39:47Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe current understanding of automation is dominated by “routine-biased technological change” (RBTC). This theory predicts a strong automation dynamic in jobs with high routine-task share and a polarization of employment structures. While RBTC theory has many merits, this paper develops a systematic critique of the theory and a counter-proposal of a socioeconomically grounded company-level theory of the automation of work. It distinguishes between feasibility conditions of automation, technology choices, and social outcomes. With regard to feasibility conditions, the relevant factor is not routine-task intensity but the interaction between product architecture (product complexity) and process complexity. Which technology choices are made in this feasibility space is in turn influenced by companies’ profit strategies and power relations between management and labor. The social outcomes of automation depend on these technology choices, but also on managerial strategies pursued in the restructuring of organizational roles and skills. These managerial strategies are shaped by national institutional systems.en
dc.identifier.citationKrzywdzinski, M. (2022). Toward a Socioeconomic Company-Level Theory of Automation at Work. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WJDS/2.1.5
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/2.1.5
dc.identifier.eissn2748-5625
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/157
dc.identifier.zdb3064083-0
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institute
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectautomationen
dc.subjecttechnological changeen
dc.subjectlabor and industrial relationsen
dc.subjectmanufacturingen
dc.subjectemploymenten
dc.titleToward a Socioeconomic Company-Level Theory of Automation at Work
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleWeizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
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