1、Prof.Dr.Anna SchneiderTrier University of Applied Sciences,Trier(Germany)19 September 2023Picture Markus Spiske from unsplashDigitalization and its impact on workplacesKey results of a seven country survey2This report presents novel data on digitalization and its impact on the workplace.It draws on

2、a survey of more than 13,000 workers in seven countries(China,France,Germany,Greece,Italy,the UK,and the US)and uses a new approach to assess digitalization and digital skills.Digitalization is clearly making waves in China,with the average reliance on digital tools and,in particular,the internet am

3、ong Chinese firms registering 7%higher than in any of the other six countries surveyed.The impact of workplace digitalization in China is also clearly visible based on the job profiles found in Chinese firms.In highly digitalized firms,workers use a wider variety of skills more frequently than in le

4、ss digitalized work environments.In addition,highly digitalized environments are often marked with a higher degree of freedom to make individual decisions about work-related tasks,which is linked with a higher need for individual problem solving skills.Similar patterns emerge in Europe and the US,bu

5、t they are far less pronounced.For the US,the survey points to a virtuous cycle consisting of young,digitally savvy talent seizing fast track career opportunities in highly digitalized firms then driving further use of digital tools within these firms.Digital skills also feature among the very top s

6、kills for the USs mid-to-late twenties age group,but not in Europe or Chinas.On the other hand,the US sees a much stronger decrease of digital skills relative to all other skills in older age groups.The same tendency is also true in Europe and China,but on a smaller scale.New forms of human-computer