The relationship between workplace digitalization and older worker’s productivity
Conference Object Restricted access M33
2024
Veličković, Milica 
Panić, Marija
Obuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management, Budapest, Hungary
MEB 2024 - 22nd International Conference on Management, Enterprise, Benchmarking. Proceedings II., 19-20 April, 2024, Budapest, Hungary
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M33 - Conference paper at an international conference, printed in full
Many studies have confirmed the positive impact of workplace digitalization on productivity, especially in terms of efficiency, innovation and cost reduction. On the other side, some studies reported disconnections between these two variables. Therefore, this paper is trying to resolve the inconsistent findings regarding the impact of workplace digitalization on productivity in a transitional context. The sample size used for the analysis consists of 103 respondents. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique is adopted to explore complex relationships among variables. In addition, the mediation analysis was performed to investigate the mediating role of employee job satisfaction in the relationship between workplace digitalization and older employees’ productivity. The results suggest that the total effect of workplace digitalization on employee productivity is significant (β = 0.578, p = 0.000), indicating a positive relationship between these variables without considering the mediator. When mediator job satisfaction was included, the direct effect of workplace digitalization on employee productivity became very low and statistically insignificant (β = 0.003, p = 0.966), suggesting that the relationship between them is fully mediated by variable job satisfaction.
workplace digitalization, productivity, older employees, SEM, mediation analysis
ISBN
978-963-449-362-4