Skill Development on the Shop Floor - Heading to a Digital Divide?

Warnhoff, Kathleen; De Paiva Lareiro, Patricia

Skill Development on the Shop Floor - Heading to a Digital Divide?

dc.contributor.author	Warnhoff, Kathleen
dc.contributor.author	De Paiva Lareiro, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-29T12:09:31Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-29T12:09:31Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	In recent years, there has been a huge debate on how modern sensor technology and the increasing connectivity of production systems have changed industrial production processes and working conditions. This article contributes to the discussion on the effects of digitalization on skill development under different working conditions with the following question: How has learning in the work-process changed with the introduction of data-based technologies? To examine the interaction between digital assistance systems and organizational parameters on informal learning, we analyzed the implementation of digital assistant systems in two different groups: low-skilled assembly workers and high-skilled shop floor managers. Our findings suggest that a lack of autonomy in workplaces has negative impacts on informal learning and thus skill development. When the design of assistance systems perpetuates preexisting inequalities in the working conditions, their use can contribute to a polarization of qualifications and a digital divide of the workforce.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) (grant no.: 16DII111, 16DII112, 16DII113, 16DII114, 16DII115, 16DII116, 16DII117 – „Deutsches Internet-Institut“)
dc.identifier.citation	Warnhoff, K., & De Paiva Lareiro, P. (2019). Skill Development on the Shop Floor—Heading to a Digital Divide? Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019: Challenges of Digital Inequality, 145–154. https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.23
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.cp/2.23
dc.identifier.eissn	2510-7666
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/111
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Weizenbaum Institute
dc.relation.ispartof	https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.32
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Weizenbaum Conference Proceedings
dc.rights	open access
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.subject	Economics	en
dc.subject	Manufacturing	en
dc.subject	Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations	en
dc.subject	sociotechnical system	en
dc.subject	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject	digitalization	en
dc.subject	digital divide	en
dc.subject	informal learning	en
dc.subject	production process	en
dc.subject	automation	en
dc.subject	industry	en
dc.subject	working conditions	en
dc.subject	qualification requirements	en
dc.subject	advanced vocational education	en
dc.subject	highly qualified worker	en
dc.subject	low qualified worker	en
dc.subject	participation in education	en
dc.subject	Wirtschaft	de
dc.subject	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.subject	Industry 4.0	de
dc.subject	Assistance Systems	de
dc.subject	Skill Development	de
dc.subject	Produktion, Fertigung	de
dc.subject	Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen	de
dc.subject	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject	soziotechnisches System	de
dc.subject	niedrig Qualifizierter	de
dc.subject	berufliche Weiterbildung	de
dc.subject	Produktionsprozess	de
dc.subject	Arbeitsbedingungen	de
dc.subject	Qualifikationsanforderungen	de
dc.subject	Industrie	de
dc.subject	hoch Qualifizierter	de
dc.subject	Bildungsbeteiligung	de
dc.subject	Digitale Spaltung	de
dc.subject	Digitalisierung	de
dc.subject	Automatisierung	de
dc.subject	informelles Lernen	de
dc.subject.ddc	330 Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc	300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title	Skill Development on the Shop Floor - Heading to a Digital Divide?
dc.type	ConferencePaper
dc.type.status	publishedVersion
dcmi.type	Text
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.booktitle	Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace	Berlin
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend	154
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart	145