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2. Labor Democracy in Digitalizing Industries: Emancipating or “Sandboxing” Participation in Discourses on Technology and New Forms of Work?

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Erschienen in: Digitalization in Industry

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Democratic participation is a good example to illuminate the complex reality of digitalization in contemporary industries. Digitalization offers new ways to strengthen democratic processes in organizations. However, the concepts of democratic participation differ in concept, scope, and political entitlement. Hegemonic discourses shape their implementation according to powerful interests. This contribution analyzes the consultation process “Work 4.0” of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs that discusses the effects of digitalization and Industrie 4.0. It shows that participation and co-determination are sandboxed in their emancipatory scope and are vehicles to sustain flexibility and agility in production and on markets. This contradicts democratic participation in an emancipatory sense and installs a deterministic reading of technology and its effects on labor processes and organizational participation.

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Titel: Labor Democracy in Digitalizing Industries: Emancipating or “Sandboxing” Participation in Discourses on Technology and New Forms of Work?
verfasst von: Yannick Kalff
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Digitalization in Industry
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-28257-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-28258-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28258-5_2

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