Is a Match Better Than No Match? On the Interaction of Demands and Support During Technological Change.

ABSTRACT: Progressing digitalization and technological changes triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns means for organizations that new technologies need to be implemented in shorter time periods. The implementation of new technologies in the workplace poses various change demands on employees. Organizations try to counteract these effects by providing change support in the form of for example training or participation options. However, to date, it is unclear how change demands develop a detrimental effect and whether change support can buffer this relation due to which working mechanisms, and whether the effectiveness of support measures can be increased by matching them to specific change demands. Based on the integrative framework of social support theory, which draws on the job demands-resources model a

SUBMITTER: Schlicher KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature