This article contributes to better understanding the relations between innovation and the evolution of working conditions and employment quality. Most studies on employment and innovation focus on the impacts of innovation on employment variation and turnover. However, few empirical works explicitly study the transformative role of new technology adoption in the qualitative dimensions of jobs. This article investigates the effect of new technology adoption on job quality and working conditions. Based on the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) (2010), econometrics models identify at employee-level the combined influence of innovation with work organization practises on several job quality dimensions. We observe that new technology adoption is generally associated with better employment quality for workers in some ways, but, simultaneously, it leads to higher physical constraints and work-time intensity. Furthermore, our study highlights the heterogeneity of innovation diffusion effects according to work organization’s practices. Our results suggest that more consideration should be given to the impact of technology diffusion on job quality. The increasing constraints on working conditions from innovation and information and communication technology use call for regulation setting. This article is an original contribution in answering the claims for more in-depth research on the links between employment variation and work transformations due to technological change.

本文有助于更好地理解创新与工作条件和就业质量演变之间的关系。大多数关于就业和创新的研究都集中在创新对就业变化和离职的影响上。然而，很少有实证研究明确研究新技术采用在工作质量方面的变革作用。本文调查采用新技术对工作质量和工作条件的影响。根据欧洲工作条件调查 (EWCS) (2010)，计量经济学模型在员工层面确定了创新与工作组织实践对多个工作质量维度的综合影响。我们观察到，新技术的采用在某些方面通常与工人的更好就业质量相关，但同时，它导致更高的身体限制和工作时间强度。此外，我们的研究强调了根据工作组织实践的创新扩散效应的异质性。我们的研究结果表明，应该更多地考虑技术传播对工作质量的影响。创新以及信息和通信技术使用对工作条件的日益限制要​​求制定法规。本文是回答有关更深入研究就业变化与技术变革导致的工作转型之间联系的主张的原创贡献。我们的研究结果表明，应该更多地考虑技术传播对工作质量的影响。创新以及信息和通信技术使用对工作条件的日益限制要​​求制定法规。本文是回答有关更深入研究就业变化与技术变革导致的工作转型之间联系的主张的原创贡献。我们的研究结果表明，应该更多地考虑技术传播对工作质量的影响。创新以及信息和通信技术使用对工作条件的日益限制要​​求制定法规。本文是回答有关更深入研究就业变化与技术变革导致的工作转型之间联系的主张的原创贡献。