The importance of technological anxiety for the digital transformation of industrial processing companies in Poland

Abstract

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Technological anxiety during the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies – a cross-case study analysis among Polish manufacturing companies

“…In the context of cloud solutions, the third company from the automotive industry, Sigma , indicated that “data collected from machines is first processed by the application, then sent to databases. And finally, we have business intelligence and reporting in the cloud so as to ensure the security of this data.” Młody and Weinert (2020) claim that companies that have started or plan to start digital transformation are characterized by a higher level of concerns regarding cyber security, data protection and IT integration problems. This may be due to the fact that in the deployment phase of IT technologies, these companies are more aware of the problems and barriers that may arise in this process (Arendt, 2008; Parida et al , 2010).…”

“…Negative phenomena, mechanisms and trends observed in companies in the process of implementation and integration of technologies, machines and people can take on pathological characteristics. This organizational pathology may manifest itself, in particular, in the persistence of dysfunctions which stop the organization from achieving its goals, and may result in wasting the potential of implementing the solutions of I4.0 (Młody and Weinert, 2020). A batch of simultaneously occurring factors inhibiting the process of the reorientation of companies may contribute to the creation of a multi-layered fear of transformation, which, through the prism of the scope of the I4.0 concept, has been defined as technological anxiety (Młody, 2019).…”

“…However, organizations face uncertainties in the high investment levels and the unclear cost benefits of the application of I4.0 (Majumdar et al , 2021). Moreover, the workforce lacks the adequate skills required to keep up with the upcoming automation, and there is a lack of clarity in standards for the implementation of I4.0, which has created ambiguity in many organizations (Młody and Weinert, 2020; Raj et al , 2020; Kumar et al , 2021). The digital change needs to overcome many hurdles before being successfully embraced (Kamble et al , 2018).…”

“…These barriers may take the form of permanent anxiety, with features characteristic of organizational pathologies (Młody and Weinert, 2020), which is manifested in particular in the persistence of dysfunction and the waste of the potential for implementing I4.0 solutions.…”