Digitalisation: Impact on jobs, work organisation and industrial relations in Nordic manufacturing
Bertil Rolandsson, University of Gothenburg
Tuomo Alaosini, University of Tampere
Jon Erik Dølvik, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo
Anna Ilsøe, FAOS, University of Copenhagen
Trine P. Larsen, FAOS, University of Copenhagen
Johan R. Steen, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo
Based on qualitative interviews in a number of Nordic machine industry companies, this paper explores how technological change is affecting the pattern of jobs, skills, and work organization, focusing on changes in the work of blue-collar workers, their autonomy, responsibilities, voice, and interaction with other employee groups, notably the engineers.
