Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement

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Main Author: Dinis-Carvalho, José
Publication Date: 2022
Other Authors: Macedo, Helena, Monteiro, Mónica
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Continuous Improvement (CI) is a principle being adopted in many organizations around the world. It is present in relevant excellence models such as the Toyota Way, Shingo Model, and Lean Thinking. CI was implemented some years ago in a Public Company (Lipor) based in Porto, dedicated to municipal waste treatment, but the Covid-19 pandemic created some important challenges. The forced adoption of new technologies associated with I4.0 required important changes in the existing CI routines. This paper aims to assess the influence of gender, education, age group, and time in the company on adopting new technologies used in their IC routines. This study, based on employees' perceptions through questionnaires, shows that the CI system had, in general, a positive impact on their work and overall performance. Regarding the effect of forced teleworking caused by COVID-19 on office workers, this study shows that age, gender, education, and years in the company have an impact on the effective adoption of new technologies associated with digital transformation and Industry 4.0. The study also shows that those technologies effectively allow routines and culture of CI to be maintained when workers are forced to work remotely.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
title Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
spellingShingle Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
Dinis-Carvalho, José
Continuous improvement
Teamwork
Kaizen
Lean production
title_short Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
title_full Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
title_fullStr Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
title_full_unstemmed Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
title_sort Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement
author Dinis-Carvalho, José
author_facet Dinis-Carvalho, José
Macedo, Helena
Monteiro, Mónica
author_role author
author2 Macedo, Helena
Monteiro, Mónica
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dinis-Carvalho, José
Macedo, Helena
Monteiro, Mónica
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Continuous improvement
Teamwork
Kaizen
Lean production
topic Continuous improvement
Teamwork
Kaizen
Lean production
description Continuous Improvement (CI) is a principle being adopted in many organizations around the world. It is present in relevant excellence models such as the Toyota Way, Shingo Model, and Lean Thinking. CI was implemented some years ago in a Public Company (Lipor) based in Porto, dedicated to municipal waste treatment, but the Covid-19 pandemic created some important challenges. The forced adoption of new technologies associated with I4.0 required important changes in the existing CI routines. This paper aims to assess the influence of gender, education, age group, and time in the company on adopting new technologies used in their IC routines. This study, based on employees' perceptions through questionnaires, shows that the CI system had, in general, a positive impact on their work and overall performance. Regarding the effect of forced teleworking caused by COVID-19 on office workers, this study shows that age, gender, education, and years in the company have an impact on the effective adoption of new technologies associated with digital transformation and Industry 4.0. The study also shows that those technologies effectively allow routines and culture of CI to be maintained when workers are forced to work remotely.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11328/4642
Dinis-Carvalho, J., Monteiro, M., & Macedo, H. (2022). Influence of gender, education, age group and time in the company on the adoption of new technologies and their impact on continuous improvement. FME Transactions, 50(4), 635-642. Repositório Institucional UPT. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/4642
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