Publication detail

Expected Impact of Industry 4.0 on Employment in Selected Professions in the Czech Republic and Germany

MILICHOVSKÝ, F. KUBA, K.

Original Title

Expected Impact of Industry 4.0 on Employment in Selected Professions in the Czech Republic and Germany

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The topic of Industry 4.0 is more actual for various companies worldwide. Its impact is anywhere in company and government areas. Due to the individual parts of Industry 4.0, such as digitalization and robotization, we express changes impact on human resource management, where the most changes are defined. This contribution is focused on human resource management in the context of the application of Industry 4.0 in engineering companies operating in the Czech Republic and Germany. The main objective of the paper is to define potential connections between Industry 4.0 and its areas with the forfeiture of professions and preparedness for potential job changes. We employed a primary research approach with in-depth interviews and a questionnaire survey to reach a defined goal. The interviews were aimed at top managers and a questionnaire survey of ordinary employees and students/temporary workers. According to the gained results, there exist relevant statistical dependencies between Industry 4.0 knowledge (including its parts) and up-to-date situations in the companies in the Czech Republic and Germany.

Keywords

Industry 4.0; digitalization and automatization; human resources; productivity and performance

Authors

MILICHOVSKÝ, F.; KUBA, K.

Released

8. 2. 2023

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Basel, Switzerland

ISBN

2227-9717

Periodical

Processes

Year of study

11

Number

2

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

18

Pages count

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/2/516

BibTex

@article{BUT182490,
  author="František {Milichovský} and Karel {Kuba}",
  title="Expected Impact of Industry 4.0 on Employment in Selected Professions in the Czech Republic and Germany",
  journal="Processes",
  year="2023",
  volume="11",
  number="2",
  pages="1--18",
  issn="2227-9717",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/2/516"
}