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. 2022 Apr 17;69(2):263–300. doi: 10.1007/s12232-022-00392-6

Table 2.

Estimation results

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
βc^ βc^ βc^ θc~ βc^θc~ Percentage of Explained Variation
C1: Dig. increases the time pressure at work - 0.0741*** - 0.0683*** - 0.0776*** 3.23 - 0.21 1.7
(0.014) (0.014) (0.0139)
C2: Dig. puts my job at risk - 0.0312** - 0.0287** - 0.0343*** 1.94 - 0.067 0.52
(- 0.0147) (- 0.015) (- 0.0148)
C3: Dig. worsens the work–life balance - 0.102*** - 0.0953*** - 0.102*** 2.72 - 0.278 3.45
(- 0.0151) (- 0.015) (- 0.0148)
C4: Dig. leads to a smooth transition between working hours and leisure time - 0.0056 0.00145 0.00174 3.01 0.5 0.35
(- 0.0139) (- 0.0139) (- 0.0137)
C5: Dig. makes my work more interesting 0.165*** 0.170*** 0.155*** 3.4 0.527 6.51
(- 0.0169) (- 0.0171) (- 0.0171)
C6: Dig. reduces the proportion of repetitive tasks 0.0138 0.0182 0.0193 3.24 0.063 1.22
(- 0.0137) (- 0.0137) ( - 0.0136)
C7: Dig. increases my productivity 0.281*** 0.271*** 0.255*** 3.65 0.928 11.01
(- 0.0177) (- 0.0177) (- 0.0179)
C8: Dig. increases my autonomy at work 0.0405** 0.0403** 0.0380** 3.15 0.119 1.94
(- 0.0167) (- 0.0167) (- 0.0164)
C9: Dig. enables more flexible forms of working time 0.0231** 0.0344*** 0.0269** 3.25 0.087 1.48
(- 0.0119) (- 0.0122) (- 0.0122)
C10: Dig. simplifies interactions with colleagues and superiors 0.0595*** 0.0541*** 0.0548*** 3.41 0.187 3.12
(- 0.0148) (- 0.0148) (- 0.0148)
How strongly does Dig. affect the work over the last year? 0.112*** 0.386 3.24
(- 0.0134)
Worker characteristics Yes Yes 3.37
N 3089 3089 3089
R2 (%) 34.5 36.2 37.9

Columns (1) to (3) reports the results of the OLS regression having as dependent variable the effect of digitalization on job satisfaction, which is measured on a five point Likert scale (1 = “less satisfied”, 3 = “no change”, 5 = “more satisfied”). Robust standard errors in parentheses. *p<0.10, **p<0.05, ***p<0.01. Worker characteristics is a vector of control variables as described in Table 1 plus industry dummies according to 1-digit NACE Rev. 2 classification. Column (4) shows θc~, the average effect of digitalization on job characteristics as reported in Table 1. Column (5) multiplies the βc from column (3) with the θc~ from column (4). Column (6) reports the Shapley values, which describe the absolute contribution of each regressor in the goodness-of-fit of the estimation in column (3)