---
_id: '29104'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "The digitalization of workplaces can introduce changes on various levels
    of work activities. Educational research follows this transformation in one of
    two ways: On the one hand, there is the optimistic perspective of expecting to
    improve the quality of work and work life; on the other hand, there is the expectation
    that conditions of work and work life will generally deteriorate. Irrespective
    of the concrete outcomes of digitalization, a general agreement exists that digitalization
    will induce changes at workplaces that affect individuals and the tasks they do.
    At the same time, however, scholars disagree as to whether employees experience
    these changes in terms of affordances that engage them into learning new processes
    or if they experience constraints that inhibit further engagement in learning.\r\nThis
    chapter explores the particular developments covered under the topic of digitalization
    at and of work, explains particular challenges of the introduction of cyber-physical
    systems and analyzes consequences for workplace learning. It focuses on conceptual
    change as a theoretical framework for understanding the quality of learning processes
    that seem inevitable in order to cope with the new requirements and – more importantly
    – to use the potentials of the new technologies. It then sketches the poor state
    of empirical research conducted in this area – so far limited to exploratory field
    studies – even in times of corona, which has boosted the digital transformation.
    The chapter ends with a description of the potential and problems of – at best
    interdisciplinary – research into learning at digitalized workplaces."
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Harteis, Christian
  id: '27503'
  last_name: Harteis
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-7626
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  id: '30984'
  last_name: Goller
  orcid: 0000-0002-2820-9178
- first_name: Karl-Heinz
  full_name: Gerholz, Karl-Heinz
  last_name: Gerholz
citation:
  ama: 'Harteis C, Goller M, Gerholz K-H. Digitalization of work: Challenges for workplace
    learning. In: Malloch M, Cairns L, Evans K, O’Connor BN, eds. <i>The SAGE Handbook
    of Learning and Work</i>. SAGE Publications; 2022:329-342.'
  apa: 'Harteis, C., Goller, M., &#38; Gerholz, K.-H. (2022). Digitalization of work:
    Challenges for workplace learning. In M. Malloch, L. Cairns, K. Evans, &#38; B.
    N. O’Connor (Eds.), <i>The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work</i> (pp. 329–342).
    SAGE Publications.'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Harteis_Goller_Gerholz_2022, place={London}, title={Digitalization
    of work: Challenges for workplace learning}, booktitle={The SAGE Handbook of Learning
    and Work}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Harteis, Christian and Goller,
    Michael and Gerholz, Karl-Heinz}, editor={Malloch, Margaret and Cairns, Len and
    Evans, Karen and O’Connor, Bridget N.}, year={2022}, pages={329–342} }'
  chicago: 'Harteis, Christian, Michael Goller, and Karl-Heinz Gerholz. “Digitalization
    of Work: Challenges for Workplace Learning.” In <i>The SAGE Handbook of Learning
    and Work</i>, edited by Margaret Malloch, Len Cairns, Karen Evans, and Bridget
    N. O’Connor, 329–42. London: SAGE Publications, 2022.'
  ieee: 'C. Harteis, M. Goller, and K.-H. Gerholz, “Digitalization of work: Challenges
    for workplace learning,” in <i>The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work</i>, M.
    Malloch, L. Cairns, K. Evans, and B. N. O’Connor, Eds. London: SAGE Publications,
    2022, pp. 329–342.'
  mla: 'Harteis, Christian, et al. “Digitalization of Work: Challenges for Workplace
    Learning.” <i>The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work</i>, edited by Margaret Malloch
    et al., SAGE Publications, 2022, pp. 329–42.'
  short: 'C. Harteis, M. Goller, K.-H. Gerholz, in: M. Malloch, L. Cairns, K. Evans,
    B.N. O’Connor (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work, SAGE Publications,
    London, 2022, pp. 329–342.'
date_created: 2021-12-22T19:07:05Z
date_updated: 2022-02-03T13:27:09Z
department:
- _id: '452'
editor:
- first_name: Margaret
  full_name: Malloch, Margaret
  last_name: Malloch
- first_name: Len
  full_name: Cairns, Len
  last_name: Cairns
- first_name: Karen
  full_name: Evans, Karen
  last_name: Evans
- first_name: Bridget N.
  full_name: O'Connor, Bridget N.
  last_name: O'Connor
language:
- iso: eng
page: 329-342
place: London
publication: The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-1-5264-9111-4
publication_status: published
publisher: SAGE Publications
related_material:
  link:
  - relation: confirmation
    url: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-learning-and-work/book267999#description
status: public
title: 'Digitalization of work: Challenges for workplace learning'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '79910'
year: '2022'
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