Fewer jobs, better jobs? An international comparative study of robots and ‘routine’ work in the public sector | Zendy

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Fewer jobs, better jobs? An international comparative study of robots and ‘routine’ work in the public sector

Author(s) -

Lloyd Caroline,

Payne Jonathan

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

industrial relations journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 1468-2338

pISSN - 0019-8692

DOI - 10.1111/irj.12323

Subject(s) - pace , work (physics) , public sector , task (project management) , qualitative research , private sector , robot , public relations , business , labour economics , political science , economic growth , economics , sociology , management , engineering , computer science , geography , social science , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , geodesy , law

Routine manual work is often considered particularly vulnerable to digitalisation. Alongside potential employment effects, jobs are expected to change in terms of task and skill requirements. This article contributes to debates on the pace of digitalisation and the impact on low‐skilled manual work through a study of transport robots in public hospitals in Norway and Scotland. Drawing on qualitative research, the findings are used to analyse the role of unions, as part of ‘country’ and ‘sector’ effects, shaping digitalisation and its outcomes.

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