Participation and (A)synchronicity

The book addresses digital transformation in companies and examines the changes for workplace stakeholders. The focus is on how co-determination interacts with digital transformation. This also puts a transformation of co-determination itself on the agenda, during which the direct participation of employees expands significantly in the interest-political positioning of works councils. Moreover, participation becomes a strategic resource for co-determination.

The Relationship between Co-Determination and Digitalization Linking Scientific Knowledge and Practically Relevant Action Options Interdisciplinary Examination of Workplace Co-Determination

Autorentext

Natalie Bella MA promoviert zum Problem interkultureller Übersetzung am Fulda Graduate Centre of Social Sciences. Dr. Julia Gamradt hat zu Konflikten und Flexibilisierungen in organisationalen Transformationsprozessen an der FAU promoviert und ist seitdem in der Strategieberatung tätig. Dr. Ronald Staples lehrt und forscht an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) mit den Schwerpunkten Innovation, organisationaler Wandel, Mitbestimmung und Digitalisierung. Prof. Dr. Werner Widuckel lehrt und forscht an der FAU als Professor für Personalmanagement. Davor war er unter anderem Arbeitsdirektor und Personalvorstand der AUDI AG. Matthäus Wilga Msc.Msc. promoviert im Fachbereich Wirtschaftsinformatik an der FAU zu Strategien und Geschäftsmodellen zur Nutzung von künstlicher Intelligenz. Michael Whittall PhD lehrt und forscht an der FAU mit einem Schwerpunkt aufIndustriellen Beziehungen im europäischen Vergleich.

Klappentext

This book analyzes how digital transformation in companies affects workplace stakeholders, focusing on co-determination's role. It highlights how co-determination itself transforms, with expanded employee participation in works councils' interest-political strategies, positioning participation as a strategic resource.

The Authors

Natalie Bella, MA works as research associate at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg and is pursuing her doctorate on the problem of intercultural translation at the Fulda Graduate Centre of Social Sciences.

Dr. Julia Gamradt has been working in the realm of consulting, startups, and research organizations. The focus of her doctoral thesis at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) was on conflicts and flexibilization in organizational transformation processes.

Dr. Ronald Staples teaches and conducts research at FAU with a focus on innovation, organizational change, co-determination, and digitalization.

Prof. Dr. Werner Widuckel is professor emeritus of human resource management at FAU. Previously, he served as the labor director and human resources executive at AUDI AG.

Matthäus Wilga, MSc is pursuing his doctorate in the field of Information Systems at FAU and is a research collaborator at the Cambridge Service Alliance at the University of Cambridge, focusing on the role of AI agents in service interactions and their impact on value creation and human well-being.

Michael Whittall, PhD serves as Trade Union Secretary at IG Metall. Prior to this, he spent many years researching and teaching in the field of industrial relations.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Inhalt

Preface.- On the Change of (Workplace) Co-Determination in a Work Environment 4.0.- Methodology and Data Collection Design.- Case Studies on the Relationship between Participatory Co-Determination and Digitalization.- Asynchronicity.- Conclusions for Practice or Shaping Relationships.