In der Wissenschaft ist man sich einig, dass die digitale Vernetzung in der Produktion im Sinne von Industrie 4.0 bisherige Tätigkeiten und Kompetenzanforderungen verändern wird. Besonders in der metallverarbeitenden Industrie sind Mitarbeitende von Veränderungen des Arbeitsumfelds durch die...

We explore the extent to which the current technological trend, dubbed Industry 4.0, might increase forms of control inside organisations, by focussing on pivotal firms in the so-called Italian Motor Valley currently embracing its adoption. We find that Industry 4.0 technologies open up great...

The present contribution examines whether and how young firms and incumbents differ with regard to selected aspects of work forms and work organization in order to assess their roles for the qualitative changes of work in industrialized countries. Conceptually, we emanate from the approach of...

The article examines the relationship between lean production and Industrie 4.0 focusing on the question of autonomy in the work process. In contrast to the claim made by official Industrie 4.0 concepts that the autonomy of the employees would increase, we see in the current implementation...