There is intense debate surrounding digitalisation and its implications for work. However, empirical research within established workplaces, especially international comparative studies, remains limited. This article uses cross-country research to further analysis of the relative importance of different institutions, actors and power relations in shaping digitalisation and worker outcomes. Through a multi-level approach, it compares the use of industrial robots in the food and drink processing sector in Norway and the UK. Drawing on qualitative research, it explores the pace of digitalisation, the process of implementation and job and skills outcomes. The study finds strong national differences in the pace of digitalisation, and the role of unions in the process of implementation. In Norway, union power at workplace and national level, embedded in institutional arrangements, underpins more advanced use of technology and improved outcomes for workers.

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深思：挪威和英国食品和饮料加工领域的机器人、工作和技能

关于数字化及其对工作的影响存在激烈的争论。然而，现有工作场所的实证研究，尤其是国际比较研究，仍然有限。本文利用跨国研究来进一步分析相对重要性不同机构、参与者和权力关系在塑造数字化和工人成果方面的影响。通过多层次的方法，它比较了挪威和英国食品和饮料加工行业工业机器人的使用情况。它借鉴定性研究，探讨了数字化的步伐、实施过程以及工作和技能成果。研究发现，数字化步伐以及工会在实施过程中的作用存在巨大的国家差异。在挪威，工作场所和国家层面的工会权力嵌入到制度安排中，支持更先进的技术使用和改善工人的成果。