Exploring skill requirements for the Industry 4.0: a worker-oriented approach

Anales de Psicologia

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Marco Peña-Jimenez¹  Adalgisa Battistelli¹  Carlo Odoardi³  Mirko Antino² 

[1] Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Psychologie EA4139;Universidad Complutense de Madrid;Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Formazione

关键词: Skills;    Industry 4.0;    Digital age;    Workforce readiness;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.6018/analesps.444311

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Ediciones De La Universidad De Murcia

【 摘 要 】

Emerging technologies are shaping the world of work, thus creating an increasingly digital industry, also known as “Industry 4.0”. Thus, examining skill requirements becomes essential to facilitate organizational adaptation to this technological revolution. The aim of this study was to explore the perception of skill requirements of workers of a highly technological manufacturing company. In Study 1 (n = 671), an exploratory factor analysis was carried out to identify relevant groups of skills. A year later, in Study 2 (n = 176), we confirmed the factor structure through a confirmatory factor analysis and we conducted a latent growth curve analysis to examine potential changes of the previous skill requirements due to the lockdown and the forced remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings showed that cognitive, functional business, strategic and managing people skills are considered as important resources for the industry 4.0, being the functional business skills increasingly relevant in time 2. Moreover, we identified differences between managers and subordinates regarding such skills. We discuss theoretical and practical implications for skills development in the digital age.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND