Keywords
quality of work
training
age
passing of time
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Abstract
Within the framework of the technological changes introduced by the Industry 4.0, the study aims to analyse at an organizational level the relationships between technological innovation, job quality, training, organizational position and age of the workers. Starting from the observation of a neutral impact of the introduction of advanced technologies on the majority of dimensions that make up the construct 'quality of work', the study is based on an analysis through models of structural equations carried out using data from a sample of 907 employees from 9 companies of Industry 4.0 of Aragon. The results of the tested models allow to observe that the introduction of new technologies can cause a decrease in the perceived quality of the work experience associated with the passage of time, and that training significantly attenuates this negative effect especially in organisational environments relatively less technified.
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