Abstract
Automation, and new technologies, have become well-known terms over the last few decades but with this new "fame" a few negative aspects as well. Automation has always carried a particular shadow of fear wherever it went. This fear includes the anxiety of replacement, the fear of unemployment, the fear of conflict between employees and employers and the fear of losing valuable relationships at work if it were to be implemented. In South Africa, seeing as though South Africa is still a developing country, employees have not yet experienced the full impact of automation as in developed countries such as America, China and England. Automation has only been implemented on a small scale in some companies. Nevertheless, these small scale implementations still caused a negative ripple throughout the business sector of the country. Employees perceived automation as being a problem that will only lead to an employee being replaced or losing his or her work. The phenomenological study was done using qualitative research by interviewing low-level employees and their managers/employers. The interviews focused on how employees perceived the various factors of automation. The primary objective of this study was to identify the perceptions that employees had of automation and how they feel automation will affect their world of work. The researcher examined various ways that automation influenced the labour market regarding employees, especially low skilled workers. The results of the study showed that even though automation is still relatively new in South Africa, employees always feared its presence.
Highlights
IntroductionThe global economic crisis will take companies to financial difficulties, both small and large companies
In Indonesia, MSMEs play an essential role in national economic development
The results of hypothesis testing indicate that there is a significant influence between Organizational creativity and entrepreneurial orientation towards entrepreneurial performance
Summary
The global economic crisis will take companies to financial difficulties, both small and large companies. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) experience more severe financial problems compared to large companies (Hanedar and Hanedar, 2016). In Indonesia, MSMEs face various issues relating to technology implementation and performance Budiarto et al (2018). MSMEs are business groups that can survive when the economic crisis strikes developing countries such as Indonesia (Dharmanegara et al, 2016). In Indonesia, MSMEs play an essential role in national economic development
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