Deskilling and diminishing workers autonomy in the digital workplace

Saori Shibata

Chapter 30 in Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work, 2023, pp 371-379 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The Covid-19 economic crisis has prompted further discussions on the advance of automation and its benefits. The longstanding fear that ‘robots will take away our jobs’ has the potential to become more real in the Covid-19 crisis era. Robots do not get sick nor require safety measures in the same way that humans do, and therefore represent less of a risk for employers. Moves towards the robotisation and automation of human labour, therefore, require our consideration in the light of the Covid-19 crisis era. This chapter considers concerns regarding the impact of advanced machines and technologies in the digital workplace, highlighting the potential acceleration of the deskilling of workers and the capacity of automation to lock precarious workers into low-waged and low-skilled work for the long term, increasing the potential to further diminish workers’ autonomy in the workplace.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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