The contemporary industrial landscape is undergoing a deep transformation where advanced technologies are reshaping traditional manufacturing. This creates a tension between the rapid, efficiency-driven adoption of Industry 4.0 and the principles of modern Occupational Safety and Health, which has evolved into a proactive, prevention-oriented discipline. While these technologies offer significant potential to mitigate traditional workplace hazards, their implementation often creates a "risk-shift," replacing familiar physical hazards with new, less visible psychosocial and systemic risks such as technostress, privacy concerns, and deskilling. A fundamental problem emerges as relatively static Occupational Safety and Health frameworks struggle to keep pace with disruptive technological advancement, pushing safety from a proactive to a reactive stance. To navigate this complex dynamic, the present research explores these ambivalent impacts through a multi-method approach. First, it develops a comprehensive theoretical framework, built upon a systematic literature review and validated by industry experts, to systematically map the dual effects of technology. This framework is then used as an analytical lens to conduct a multiple-case study, investigating the decision-making processes and organizational logics that influence how safety is framed and integrated within real-world innovation projects. The study offers both theoretical insights and practical guidance on the organizational logics that mediate technological adoption, contributing to the debate on the transition to Industry 5.0.
Il panorama industriale contemporaneo sta attraversando una profonda trasformazione in cui le tecnologie avanzate stanno ridefinendo la manifattura tradizionale. Questo crea una tensione tra l'adozione rapida e orientata all'efficienza dell'Industria 4.0 e i principi moderni di Salute e Sicurezza sul Lavoro (SSL), evolutasi in una disciplina proattiva e orientata alla prevenzione. Sebbene queste tecnologie offrano un potenziale significativo per mitigare i rischi tradizionali sul luogo di lavoro, la loro implementazione crea spesso uno "spostamento del rischio", sostituendo i noti rischi fisici con nuovi rischi psicosociali e sistemici meno visibili, come il tecnostress, le preoccupazioni per la privacy e la dequalificazione. Emerge un problema fondamentale quando i sistemi di gestione della Salute e Sicurezza sul Lavoro, relativamente statici, faticano a tenere il passo con il dirompente avanzamento tecnologico, spingendo la sicurezza da un approccio proattivo a uno reattivo. Per orientarsi in questa complessa dinamica, il presente studio esplora questi impatti ambivalenti attraverso un approccio multi-metodo. In primo luogo, sviluppa un quadro teorico completo, basato su una revisione sistematica della letteratura e validato da esperti del settore, per mappare sistematicamente i duplici effetti della tecnologia. Questo quadro viene poi utilizzato come lente analitica per condurre uno studio di casi multipli, indagando i processi decisionali e le logiche organizzative che influenzano le modalità con cui la sicurezza viene inquadrata e integrata all'interno di progetti di innovazione reali. Lo studio offre sia spunti teorici che indicazioni pratiche sulle logiche organizzative che mediano l'adozione tecnologica, contribuendo al dibattito sulla transizione verso l'Industria 5.0.
Framing occupational safety and health within technological innovation: understanding the dual impact of technology on companies and workers
DJUKIC ROSSI, NICOLAS
2024/2025
Abstract
The contemporary industrial landscape is undergoing a deep transformation where advanced technologies are reshaping traditional manufacturing. This creates a tension between the rapid, efficiency-driven adoption of Industry 4.0 and the principles of modern Occupational Safety and Health, which has evolved into a proactive, prevention-oriented discipline. While these technologies offer significant potential to mitigate traditional workplace hazards, their implementation often creates a "risk-shift," replacing familiar physical hazards with new, less visible psychosocial and systemic risks such as technostress, privacy concerns, and deskilling. A fundamental problem emerges as relatively static Occupational Safety and Health frameworks struggle to keep pace with disruptive technological advancement, pushing safety from a proactive to a reactive stance. To navigate this complex dynamic, the present research explores these ambivalent impacts through a multi-method approach. First, it develops a comprehensive theoretical framework, built upon a systematic literature review and validated by industry experts, to systematically map the dual effects of technology. This framework is then used as an analytical lens to conduct a multiple-case study, investigating the decision-making processes and organizational logics that influence how safety is framed and integrated within real-world innovation projects. The study offers both theoretical insights and practical guidance on the organizational logics that mediate technological adoption, contributing to the debate on the transition to Industry 5.0.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10589/243728