The Equity of Opportunities in Emerging Service Work Robotisation

Autor/in	Turja, Tuuli
Titel	The Equity of Opportunities in Emerging Service Work Robotisation
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 35 (2023) 9, S.38-49 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-11-2021-0153
Schlagwörter	Robotics; Computer Attitudes; Work Environment; Health Personnel; Foreign Countries; Access to Computers; Influence of Technology; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Informal Education; Employee Attitudes; Health Services; Administrators; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Robotertechnik; Arbeitsmilieu; Medizinisches Personal; Ausland; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Finnland
Abstract	Purpose: In a best-case scenario, both organisations and their employees gain from technological changes by staying up to date on developing digitalisation. However, opportunities to learn and use modern technologies may not be shared equally in the workplace. Employee groups can be divided between those with and without access to new technologies. This study aims to examine the extent to which the position of an employee may be associated with the opportunity to work with robots. Design/methodology/approach: Health-care work was chosen as an exemplary context of emerging robotisation. To gain correlative evidence on how the position and technology orientation of an employee associate with access to care robots, the study used online survey data collected from Finnish care workers (N = 226). Findings: Workplace hierarchies were found to play a significant part in robotisation. Management experience increased the probability for an employee to have access to care robots, but this position did not differentiate between the employees in their aspiration to use care robots. Individual interest in technology was associated with robot use only among care workers with no management experience, whereas managers' access to robots did not depend on their personal interests. Originality/value: This study brings new information about the equity of robot-use opportunities in workplaces. Distinctive to care robots was the significant number of motivated non-users. Thus, adding to the categories of "have-bots", "have-nots" and "want-nots", this study introduces an important group of "want-bots". (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01