The Growing Gap Between Pioneers and Laggards: Digitalization, automation, and organizational change in the wake of the COVID-19-crisis in Germany

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dc.contributor.authorKrzywdzinski, Martin
dc.contributor.authorButollo, Florian
dc.contributor.authorFlemming, Jana
dc.contributor.authorGerber, Christine
dc.contributor.authorWandjo, David
dc.contributor.authorDelicat, Nina
dc.contributor.authorHerzog, Lorena
dc.contributor.authorBovenschulte, Marc
dc.contributor.authorNerger, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T13:47:45Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T13:47:45Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe COVID 19 crisis has had a massive impact on the world of work. Based on a standardized survey of 540 company sites and 34 qualitative case studies in six industries (automotive, chemicals, mechanical engineering, logistics, healthcare and financial services), this study examines how companies’ digitalization and automation strategies have changed in the context of the pandemic. The analysis shows that the companies surveyed have by and large coped well with the crisis. However, an increasing polarization is becoming apparent. Digital pioneers intensified digitalization measures to a greater extent than those that were already behind in this respect before the pandemic. The focus of digitalization during the pandemic was particularly on supporting processes in administration, human resources management and sales. Automation also primarily played a role in these fields and only a minority of respondents expected employment losses in the medium term. Another key finding of this study is the correlation between technical and organizational innovation. It can be observed that those companies that invested more heavily in technical digitalization processes were also more inclined to make organizational changes with regard to management styles, working hours and work organization.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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.citationKrzywdzinski, M., Butollo, F., Flemming, J., Gerber, C., Wandjo, D., Delicat, N., Herzog, L., Bovenschulte, M., & Nerger, M. (2022). The Growing Gap Between Pioneers and Laggards: Digitalization, automation, and organizational change in the wake of the COVID-19-crisis in Germany (Weizenbaum Series 25). https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WS/25
dc.identifier.doi10.34669/WI.WS/25
dc.identifier.eissn2748-5587
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/132
dc.identifier.zdb3064032-5
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWeizenbaum Series
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSociology & anthropologyen
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subjectSociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relationsen
dc.subjectManagement Scienceen
dc.subjectautomationen
dc.subjectsociotechnical systemen
dc.subjectorganizational changeen
dc.subjectworking time flexibilityen
dc.subjectbusiness managementen
dc.subjectepidemicen
dc.subjectFederal Republic of Germanyen
dc.subjectdigitalizationen
dc.subjectcrisis management (econ., pol.)en
dc.subjectmanagement styleen
dc.subjectwork organizationen
dc.subjectworld of worken
dc.subjectWirtschaftde
dc.subjectSoziologie, Anthropologiede
dc.subjectCOVID-19de
dc.subjectCorona Crisisde
dc.subjectLaborde
dc.subjectIndustrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungende
dc.subjectManagementde
dc.subjectBundesrepublik Deutschlandde
dc.subjectsoziotechnisches Systemde
dc.subjectArbeitszeitflexibilitätde
dc.subjectArbeitsweltde
dc.subjectDigitalisierungde
dc.subjectEpidemiede
dc.subjectKrisenmanagementde
dc.subjectAutomatisierungde
dc.subjectUnternehmensführungde
dc.subjectorganisatorischer Wandelde
dc.subjectFührungsstilde
dc.subjectArbeitsorganisationde
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin, Gesundheit
dc.titleThe Growing Gap Between Pioneers and Laggards: Digitalization, automation, and organizational change in the wake of the COVID-19-crisis in Germany
dc.typeWorkingPaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume25
local.researchgroupArbeiten in hochautomatisierten, digital-hybriden Prozessen
local.researchtopicMensch – Arbeit – Wissen
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