Kortmann Lisa Katharina, Simonson Julia, Vogel Claudia, Huxhold Oliver
German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2, 12101 Berlin, Germany.
Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Brodaer Straße 2, 17033 Neubrandenburg, Germany.
Soc Indic Res. 2022;162(2):577-597. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02854-w. Epub 2021 Dec 1.
Since digitalisation alters occupational task profiles via automation processes, job quality is also likely to be affected. While existing literature mainly focusses on objective job quality, this study asks if and how digitalisation is associated with employees' subjective job quality in the second half of working life in Germany. Analyses are based on the German Ageing Survey 2014. Our sample includes n = 1541 employees aged 40-65 years who are subject to social insurance contributions. Subjective job quality is operationalised with regards to job satisfaction and perceived occupational stress in general, and ten aspects of job quality in detail. Digitalisation is approximated by substitution potentials of occupations. We control the association for compositional effects in the workforce, as well as for the moderating effect of perceived job insecurity. The results indicate that digitalisation is predominantly beneficial but also unfavourable in a few other respects for employees' subjective job quality. The higher the degree of digitalisation, the higher is the employee's general job satisfaction on average; for general perceived occupational stress, we find no significant association. Regarding single aspects of subjective job quality, employees working in more digitalised occupations are found to report on average higher satisfaction with working hours and earnings, and lower levels of stress due to tight schedules. However, they also report higher levels of stress due to negative environmental factors.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11205-021-02854-w.
由于数字化通过自动化流程改变职业任务概况，工作质量也可能受到影响。虽然现有文献主要关注客观工作质量，但本研究探讨了在德国职业生涯后半段，数字化是否以及如何与员工的主观工作质量相关联。分析基于2014年德国老龄化调查。我们的样本包括1541名年龄在40 - 65岁之间、缴纳社会保险的员工。主观工作质量通过总体工作满意度和感知到的职业压力，以及详细的十个工作质量方面来衡量。数字化通过职业的替代潜力来近似表示。我们控制了劳动力构成效应以及感知到的工作不安全感的调节效应。结果表明，数字化总体上对员工的主观工作质量有益，但在其他一些方面也不利。数字化程度越高，员工的总体工作满意度平均越高；对于总体感知到的职业压力，我们未发现显著关联。关于主观工作质量的单个方面，在数字化程度更高职业中工作的员工报告称，他们对工作时间和收入的满意度平均更高，因日程紧张导致的压力水平更低。然而，他们也报告称因负面环境因素导致的压力水平更高。
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