An uncertain elite: Professional differences and similarities between engineers and tech workers in times of digital transformation

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dc.contributor.authorKrzywdzinski, Martin
dc.contributor.authorPfeiffer, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorKuhlmann, Martin
dc.contributor.authorOttaiano, Mario
dc.contributor.authorHeinlein, Michael
dc.contributor.authorRitter, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorNeumer, Judith
dc.contributor.authorHuchler, Norbert
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-31T13:51:13Z
dc.date.available2025-03-31T13:51:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe digital transformation of industries has given rise to new categories of tech workers, such as software engineers and UX/UI designers, who now work alongside traditional engineers. This study explores the evolving relationship between these groups, focusing on work processes, status perceptions and professional interactions. The research questions addressed include: how has digitalisation affected these two groups’ work processes? what strategies do they use to maintain or improve their career paths? and how do their roles converge or diverge? Using qualitative data from interviews and workshops in a German automotive company undergoing a digital and electric mobility transformation, the study finds both competition and cooperation between engineers and IT professionals, with the former adopting some IT work methods and the latter adjusting to the highly structured processes of the industrial sector. Despite growing overlaps, distinct professional identities nevertheless remain.
dc.identifier.citationKrzywdzinski, M., Pfeiffer, S., Kuhlmann, M., Ottaiano, M., Heinlein, M., Ritter, T., Neumer, J., & Huchler, N. (2025). An uncertain elite: Professional differences and similarities between engineers and tech workers in times of digital transformation. Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 19(1), 84–104. https://doi.org/10.13169/workorgalaboglob.19.1.0084
dc.identifier.doi10.13169/workorgalaboglob.19.1.0084
dc.identifier.issn1745-641X, 1745-6428
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/862
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectautomotive industry
dc.subjectdigitalisation
dc.subjectdata science
dc.subjectsociology of professions
dc.subjectengineers
dc.titleAn uncertain elite: Professional differences and similarities between engineers and tech workers in times of digital transformation
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.urlhttps://scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/workorgalaboglob.19.1.0084
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local.researchtopicOrganisation von Wissen
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