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- Title
Arbeiten in bioökonomischen Produktionsprozessen: eine qualitative analyse von arbeit und Beschäftigung in Chemie, Landwirtschaft und Pharmazie.
- Authors
BRUNSEN, HENDRIK; FESSLER, AGNES; KALFF, YANNICK; HOLST, HAJO
- Abstract
The aim of transformation to a bio-economy is to counteract the effects of anthropogenic climate change. For companies, this implies a change in the material basis of production. This article utilises a qualitative research approach to examine the consequences of production processes in the bio-economy for workers who have so far received only marginal attention. In case studies from agriculture, chemistry and pharmacy and including interviews with experts, three key challenges of bio-economic production are identified that have a direct impact on working conditions: standardisation limits due to the 'living' production base, a comparatively weak market position and a high shortage of (skilled) labour. For workers, these challenges demand high levels of knowledge, flexibility and labour intensity, including a perpetuation and even expansion of atypical employment relationships - not only for academics. The findings show that apprenticeships, and also atypical and low-skilled work are components of the bio-economy that to date are widely underestimated.
- Subjects
EFFECT of human beings on climate change; INDUSTRIAL relations; MARKET positioning; MANUFACTURING processes; WORK environment; BIOECONOMICS; HETERODOX economics
- Publication
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut Mitteilungen, 2024, Vol 77, Issue 2, p89
- ISSN
0342-300X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0342-300X-2024-2-89