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Signals, not sex: Gender-neutral access to equity, debt, and grants in disruptive digital sectors under turbulence 信号，而非性别：在动荡的颠覆性数字行业，获得股权、债务和赠款的途径不分性别

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Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103458

David Bruce Audretsch , Maksim Belitski , Candida Brush

This study addresses a key gap in the entrepreneurial finance and institutional theory literature by examining how signals - resource mobilization and digital affordances not sex, shape access to equity, debt, and grant funding in digitally-driven firms in disruptive industries under turbulence. While prior research has highlighted persistent gender disparities in access to finance, particularly under economic uncertainty, limited attention has been paid to whether such disparities persist in digitally-intensive sectors where digital affordances as well as access to internal assets and liquidity may neutralize traditional gender bias in financing. Drawing on an institutional perspective and digital entrepreneurship theory, we use an original panel dataset of 3034 digitally driven firms across 35 disruptive industries in the United Kingdom during 2015–2019, a period characterized by distinct economic, political, and institutional shocks. We find that gender neutrality persists in access to external finance under different types of macroeconomic shocks. Digital affordances significantly enhance access to equity and grant funding, working capital and tangible assets improve access to both debt and grant funding and intangible assets signal innovation potential during institutional and structural shocks. The study contributes to the field of digital entrepreneurship in turbulent times by demonstrating the differentiated role of resources and digitalization in shaping access to three types of entrepreneurial finance under turbulence in digitally-driven firms. We offer policy and managerial implications for investors, banks, financial institutions and policymakers seeking to support digitally driven firms.

本研究解决了创业金融和制度理论文献中的一个关键空白，研究了信号（资源动员和数字支持，而非性别）如何影响动荡中颠覆性行业中数字驱动型公司获得股权、债务和赠款资金的途径。虽然先前的研究强调了在获得融资方面持续存在的性别差异，特别是在经济不确定的情况下，但人们对数字密集型行业是否存在这种差异的关注有限，在这些行业，数字能力以及获得内部资产和流动性的机会可能会抵消传统的融资性别偏见。利用制度视角和数字创业理论，我们使用了2015-2019年英国35个颠覆性行业的3034家数字驱动公司的原始面板数据集，这是一个以鲜明的经济、政治和制度冲击为特征的时期。我们发现，在不同类型的宏观经济冲击下，性别中立在获得外部融资方面仍然存在。数字能力显著提高了获得股权和赠款资金的机会，流动资金和有形资产改善了获得债务和赠款资金的机会，无形资产在制度和结构性冲击期间标志着创新潜力。该研究通过展示数字驱动型公司在动荡时期资源和数字化在塑造三种创业融资渠道方面的差异化作用，为动荡时期的数字创业领域做出了贡献。我们为寻求支持数字化驱动型企业的投资者、银行、金融机构和政策制定者提供政策和管理建议。

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Technological capabilities and supply chain value creation; exploring the roles of circular economy practices and organizational climate 技术能力与供应链价值创造；探索循环经济实践和组织氛围的作用

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103454

Henry Kofi Mensah , Ahmed Agyapong , Gilbert Anyowuo Okyere , Osman Abubakari Sadik , Emmanuel Kweku Quansah , Klenam Korbla Ledi , Kidusane Ejigu Berihun

This study draws on the dynamic capability theory complemented by the resource-based view to examine how technological capability drives supply chain value creation via circular economy practices and when this effect is enhanced by organizational climate. We test our model using survey data from 310 manufacturing SMEs in Ghana. The results demonstrated that circular economy practices fully mediate the relationship between technological capability and supply chain value creation. Also, organizational climate moderates the indirect relationship between technological capabilities and supply chain value creation through circular economy practices. The findings offer key theoretical and managerial implications for scholars and practitioners to enhance value creation.

本研究以动态能力理论为基础，辅以资源基础理论，考察技术能力如何通过循环经济实践驱动供应链价值创造，以及这种效应何时被组织氛围增强。我们使用来自加纳310家制造业中小企业的调查数据来测试我们的模型。结果表明，循环经济实践充分中介了技术能力与供应链价值创造之间的关系。此外，组织氛围通过循环经济实践调节了技术能力和供应链价值创造之间的间接关系。研究结果为学者和实践者提高价值创造提供了重要的理论和管理意义。

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Dancing titans: Dual orchestration and governance in industrial digital platforms for B2B value co-creation 跳舞的巨人：B2B价值共同创造的工业数字平台的双重编排和治理

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Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419

Annabeth Aagaard , Wim Vanhaverbeke , Oliver Gassmann

The digitization of industrial ecosystems positions B2B industrial digital platforms as central to value co-creation and co-capture. While B2C platform governance is well-researched, few studies examine how manufacturing firms and platform providers collaboratively govern digital business models (DBMs) in B2B platform settings. Our study addresses this gap through a multiple case study of five platform providers and five B2B manufacturers, drawing on 33 semi-structured interviews and document analysis. We introduce the concept of dual orchestration—a governance approach in which platform providers and manufacturers jointly assume and adapt orchestration roles across DBM phases. We develop the Platform DBM Process Model (Figure 1), which illustrates how governance dynamics and relational mechanisms – transparency, reciprocity, commitment, proximity, and coopetition - enable dual orchestration through joint role adaptation. We present the Dual Orchestration Governance Framework for Industrial Platform DBMs (Figure 2), integrating DBM phases, relational issues, and governance mechanisms to theorize dual orchestration as a dynamic co-governance process. The study contributes to platform governance theory by specifying the structural and relational features of dual orchestration and by providing an empirically grounded account of its evolution.

工业生态系统的数字化将B2B工业数字平台定位为价值共同创造和共同获取的核心。虽然B2C平台治理研究得很好，但很少有研究考察制造企业和平台提供商如何在B2B平台设置中协同治理数字商业模式（DBMs）。我们的研究通过对五家平台提供商和五家B2B制造商的多案例研究，利用33次半结构化访谈和文件分析来解决这一差距。我们引入了双重编排的概念——一种治理方法，在这种方法中，平台提供商和制造商共同承担并调整跨DBM阶段的编排角色。我们开发了平台DBM流程模型（图1），它说明了治理动态和关系机制——透明度、互惠性、承诺、接近性和合作——如何通过联合角色适应实现双重编排。我们提出了工业平台DBMs的双编配治理框架（图2），它集成了DBM阶段、关系问题和治理机制，将双编配理论化为一个动态的共同治理过程。该研究通过指定双重编排的结构和关系特征，并通过提供其演变的经验基础描述，为平台治理理论做出了贡献。

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Perceived innovativeness: A supervised latent-dirichlet-allocation-based approach 感知创新：一种基于监督的潜在狄利克雷分配方法

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Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103440

Fabian Stein, Jennifer Schein, Niklas Bayrle-Kelso, Merlin Bartel

Innovation is a crucial driver of competitiveness, yet traditional metrics fail to capture its full scope. Therefore, holistic approaches encompassing a wider variety of innovation types are needed. We conceptualize perceived innovativeness as an externally attributed judgment formed under information asymmetry, where financial analysts act as informed intermediaries translating firms’ disclosures into credible innovation signals. Following this concept, this paper extends an existing LDA method by introducing a supervised approach (sLDA), trained with Research & Development (R&D) intensity. This variation addresses the gap between the dynamic, multifaceted nature of innovation and the limitations of prevailing metrics. We analyzed 1606 analyst reports from 499 European companies to test our approach. Our findings show that, compared to unsupervised approaches, the sLDA approach yields more accurate results in modelling perceived innovativeness. Furthermore, we demonstrate robust results over the period of 2019–2022: the supervised model achieves consistently lower mean absolute rank errors compared to the unsupervised baseline and, in most industries, than R&D-based benchmarks. We also identify influential topics and find fixed-effects-robust associations with patent indicators, with rank-based evaluation reducing sensitivity to outliers. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on innovation assessment and benchmarking by linking language-based perception with signaling theory and offering a method that captures perceived innovation as expressed in analyst language. It provides managers with a tool to support strategic planning, investors with an additional signal of perceived innovation and regulators with insights into innovation narratives complementing R&D and patent disclosures.

创新是竞争力的关键驱动力，但传统的衡量标准未能充分体现创新的范围。因此，需要包含更广泛的创新类型的整体方法。我们将感知创新性概念化为信息不对称下形成的外部归因判断，其中金融分析师充当知情中介，将公司的披露转化为可信的创新信号。遵循这一概念，本文通过引入监督方法（sLDA）扩展了现有的LDA方法，该方法经过了研究与开发（R&；D）强度的训练。这种变化解决了创新的动态、多面性与现行指标的局限性之间的差距。我们分析了来自499家欧洲公司的1606份分析师报告来检验我们的方法。我们的研究结果表明，与无监督方法相比，sLDA方法在模拟感知创新方面产生了更准确的结果。此外，我们在2019-2022年期间展示了稳健的结果：与无监督基线相比，监督模型的平均绝对排名误差始终较低，并且在大多数行业中，比基于研发的基准更低。我们还确定了有影响力的主题，并发现固定效应与专利指标之间的强大关联，基于排名的评估降低了对异常值的敏感性。本研究通过将基于语言的感知与信号理论联系起来，并提供一种捕捉以分析师语言表达的感知创新的方法，为正在进行的创新评估和基准测试的讨论做出了贡献。它为管理者提供了一种支持战略规划的工具，为投资者提供了感知创新的额外信号，为监管机构提供了对创新叙述的见解，补充了研发和专利披露。

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How does ESG dimensional imbalance affect firm innovation? ESG维度失衡如何影响企业创新？

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103439

Hongbiao Du , Xueji Liang , Mingyang Yu , Kefu Lyu

This study examines the influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) dimensional imbalance on firm innovation. While prior research highlights a positive association between ESG investment and innovation, limited attention has been paid to how allocating ESG investments unevenly across different stakeholder dimensions affects innovation outcomes. We introduce the concept of ESG dimensional imbalance, defined as a firm's strategic concentration of ESG investments toward certain stakeholder groups while neglecting others. Drawing on strategic and signaling perspectives, we argue that ESG dimensional imbalance restricts access to external resources and generates stakeholder perceptions of hypocrite and opportunism, thereby undermining firm innovation. Using a panel dataset of 4380 China-listed A-share firms from 2007 to 2021 (35,133 firm-year observations), we find that ESG dimensional imbalance significantly hinders firm innovation. Moreover, we show that internal slack resources, favorable media evaluations, and venture capital (VC) shareholding can mitigate these negative effects by offering alternative resources and sending compensatory signals to stakeholders. This study contributes to the ESG and innovation literature by (1) emphasizing the strategic significance of ESG investment configurations, (2) uncovering dual mechanisms through which ESG dimensional imbalance impairs innovation, and (3) identifying contextual moderators that buffer its adverse impacts.

本研究考察了环境、社会和治理（ESG）维度失衡对企业创新的影响。虽然先前的研究强调了ESG投资与创新之间的正相关关系，但很少有人关注ESG投资在不同利益相关者维度上的不均衡分配如何影响创新成果。我们引入了ESG维度失衡的概念，将其定义为企业将ESG投资战略集中于某些利益相关者群体，而忽视了其他利益相关者群体。从战略和信号视角出发，我们认为ESG维度失衡限制了企业获取外部资源的机会，并使利益相关者产生伪君子和机会主义的看法，从而破坏了企业的创新。利用2007 - 2021年4380家中国a股上市公司的面板数据（35,133家公司年度观察值），我们发现ESG维度失衡显著阻碍了企业创新。此外，我们发现内部闲置资源、有利的媒体评价和风险投资（VC）持股可以通过提供替代资源和向利益相关者发送补偿信号来缓解这些负面影响。本研究对ESG和创新文献的贡献在于：(1)强调ESG投资配置的战略意义；(2)揭示ESG维度失衡损害创新的双重机制；(3)确定缓冲其不利影响的情境调节因子。

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From lab to market: A hybrid model for closing the knowledge gap in technology transfer 从实验室到市场：缩小技术转移知识差距的混合模式

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103437

Xiaohua Li , Jizhen Li

Technology transfer is a critical driver of regional economic development. This paper investigates how teacher-student co-creation effectively bridges the knowledge gap between academia and industry. Drawing on ten academic spin-off teams from diverse sectors, we explore the mechanisms that overcome knowledge transfer barriers. Our findings demonstrate that teacher-student co-creation enhances knowledge transfer between academia and industry through the active involvement of teachers, students, and academic spin-offs. We identify three mechanisms underlying this process: intermediary bridging, hybrid spaces, and innovation ecosystems. This study proposes a team-level hybrid model to bridge the knowledge gap between academia and industry and extend knowledge transfer theory by exploring how teacher-student co-creation integrates knowledge creators with transmitter while offering a shared space to transfer tacit knowledge. These insights are valuable for emerging countries with weak institutions and provide practical implications for organizing novel forms of intermediaries.

技术转让是区域经济发展的重要动力。本文探讨师生共同创造如何有效地弥合学术界与产业界之间的知识鸿沟。利用来自不同部门的10个学术衍生团队，我们探索克服知识转移障碍的机制。我们的研究结果表明，师生共同创造通过教师、学生和学术衍生品的积极参与，促进了学术界和产业界之间的知识转移。我们确定了这一过程背后的三种机制：中介桥接、混合空间和创新生态系统。本研究提出团队层次的混合模式，探讨师生共同创造如何整合知识创造者与传递者，同时提供隐性知识转移的共享空间，以弥合学术界与产业界之间的知识鸿沟，拓展知识转移理论。这些见解对制度薄弱的新兴国家很有价值，并为组织新型中介机构提供了实际意义。

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Unpacking digital servitization: How its facets drive platformization and Industry 4.0 解读数字化服务化：其方方面面如何推动平台化和工业4.0

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Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103430

Christian M. Lerch , Angela Jäger , Andrea Bikfalvi , Cornelius Moll

Giving rise to both incremental and radical changes in manufacturing, digitalization is attracting major interest in servitization research. The diffusion of technologies and their adoption in business settings triggers simultaneous and interconnected phenomena that call for continuous examination of digital servitization, digital platforms, and digital production technologies in the context of Industry 4.0. While these three concepts have been conceptually assumed and qualitatively demonstrated as being interconnected, less is known about the effect of digital servitization on platforms and Industry 4.0, both key elements of the (digital) value creation sphere. This study aims to fill this gap by demonstrating whether and the degree to which digital servitization impacts manufacturers’ platformization process and Industry 4.0 orientation. Using a large-scale representative data set from the German manufacturing sector containing firm-level data from 1256 manufacturers, our results show that a firm needs to establish various digital servitization capabilities, such as digital customer integration, data analytics, and advanced service offerings, before effects on digital platforms and Industry 4.0 can be evidenced. Moreover, our analysis allows conclusions to be drawn about the degree to which the three facets of digital servitization - scope, depth and extent - act as drivers of platformization and Industry 4.0.

数字化给制造业带来了渐进式和激进式的变化，引起了服务化研究的极大兴趣。技术的扩散及其在商业环境中的应用引发了同步和相互关联的现象，要求在工业4.0的背景下不断检查数字服务化、数字平台和数字生产技术。虽然这三个概念已经在概念上被假设并定性地证明是相互关联的，但对于数字化服务化对平台和工业4.0的影响知之甚少，这两个都是（数字）价值创造领域的关键要素。本研究旨在通过展示数字化服务化是否以及在多大程度上影响制造商的平台化进程和工业4.0方向来填补这一空白。利用德国制造业的大型代表性数据集（包含来自1256家制造商的企业层面数据），我们的研究结果表明，在数字平台和工业4.0的影响得到证明之前，企业需要建立各种数字服务化能力，如数字客户集成、数据分析和高级服务产品。此外，我们的分析可以得出结论，数字服务化的三个方面——范围、深度和程度——在多大程度上推动了平台化和工业4.0。

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BRICS and walls: A grey incidence analysis of scientific collaboration barriers in BRICS countries 金砖国家与墙：金砖国家科学合作障碍的灰色关联分析

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103438

Damaris Chieregato Vicentin , Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes , Bruno Brandão Fischer , Dirk Meissner , Zhou Yuan , Zhongzhen Miao

International scientific collaboration among BRICS countries has intensified in recent years, particularly in the field of science, technology, and innovation (STI). Yet, the underlying cultural and institutional dynamics shaping these partnerships remain underexplored, features that are key to understanding collaborative practices among such a heterogeneous group of countries. We address this gap by investigating how organizational cultural traits relate to key barriers to collaboration in cross-national academic environments. We draw our empirical insights from a novel, primary dataset consisting of 403 survey responses from researchers engaged in BRICS-based co-authorships. The questionnaire, structured on a five-point Likert scale, comprised items on organizational cultural elements (e.g., mutual trust, performance measurement schemes, information sharing, and leadership dynamics) and barriers to collaboration (e.g., administrative mismatches, divergent priorities for publication or patenting, funding limitations, cultural and language differences, and partner reliability). Grey Incidence Analysis (GIA) is employed to evaluate the strength of associations between cultural traits and collaboration barriers. Findings highlight those institutional misalignments, particularly those concerning performance measurement systems and divergent publication priorities are more critical in constraining cooperation than interpersonal or intercultural differences. While trust and communication practices matter, structural incompatibilities related to administrative frameworks and governance policies emerged as the most impactful elements shaping collaborative dynamics. By revealing how governance alignment and institutional harmonization can strengthen innovation performance through enhanced efficiency of joint R&D alliances, accelerated co-patenting and technology licensing, and more effective knowledge-transfer processes, these findings provide actionable insights for both researchers and policymakers. In practical terms, they support the development of STI policy actions that promote more inclusive, resilient, and culturally attuned scientific cooperation within and beyond the BRICS bloc.

Article classification

Theoretical-empirical article.

近年来，金砖国家间的国际科学合作不断加强，特别是在科学、技术和创新领域。然而，形成这些伙伴关系的潜在文化和制度动力仍未得到充分探索，而这些特征是理解如此异质国家群体之间合作实践的关键。我们通过调查组织文化特征与跨国学术环境中合作的主要障碍之间的关系来解决这一差距。我们从一个新颖的、主要的数据集中得出了我们的经验见解，该数据集由参与金砖国家合作的研究人员的403份调查回复组成。问卷采用李克特五分制，包括组织文化因素（如相互信任、绩效衡量方案、信息共享和领导动态）和合作障碍（如行政管理不匹配、出版或专利的优先顺序不同、资金限制、文化和语言差异以及合作伙伴可靠性）。采用灰色关联分析（GIA）来评估文化特质与合作障碍之间的关联强度。研究结果突出表明，在限制合作方面，体制失调，特别是有关业绩衡量系统和出版优先次序的失调，比人际或文化差异更为重要。虽然信任和沟通实践很重要，但与管理框架和治理策略相关的结构不兼容性成为形成协作动态的最具影响力的因素。通过揭示治理协调和制度协调如何通过提高联合研发联盟的效率、加速共同专利和技术许可以及更有效的知识转移过程来增强创新绩效，这些发现为研究人员和政策制定者提供了可操作的见解。具体而言，他们支持制定科技创新政策行动，促进金砖国家集团内外更具包容性、韧性和文化适应性的科学合作。文章分类：理论-实证文章。

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Starting alike, ending different: How cultural dynamics shape design thinking implementation 开始相似，结束不同：文化动态如何塑造设计思维的实施

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103434

Wenlin Zhang, Jin Ma

Design thinking (DT) is widely recognized as effective in fostering technology-based innovation. However, its implementation in organizations often encounters cultural dissonance, as DT culture fundamentally conflicts with organizations' prevailing cultural norms. This study examines how organizational members navigate this dissonance to implement DT effectively to foster innovation. We conducted a comparative case study of two small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that started DT implementation under similar conditions but achieved contrasting outcomes. Using qualitative analysis of real-time and retrospective data from ethnographic fieldwork, we adopt a cultural toolkit lens to develop a culturally informed model of DT implementation effectiveness. Our findings reveal that DT implementation allows for cultural accumulation within an organization—a common initial condition where tensions between Design Culture and Industrial Culture become intensified, leading to cultural dissonance. Effective DT implementation involves cultural alternation, where the organization flexibly shifts between distinct cultural norms as situations evolve and achieves cultural symbiosis. In contrast, ineffective DT implementation results in cultural fixation, where rigid adherence to distinct cultures further creates cultural antagonism. This study advances innovation management and technological innovation scholarship by revealing day-to-day practices that leverage DT for innovation, offering a culturally informed model for effective DT implementation, and reframing DT's role in organizational change.

设计思维（DT）在促进基于技术的创新方面被广泛认为是有效的。然而，它在组织中的实施往往会遇到文化失调，因为DT文化从根本上与组织的主流文化规范相冲突。本研究探讨组织成员如何驾驭这种不协调，有效地实施DT以促进创新。我们对两家中小型企业（SMEs）进行了比较案例研究，这两家企业在相似的条件下开始实施DT，但取得了截然不同的结果。通过对来自民族志田野调查的实时和回顾性数据进行定性分析，我们采用文化工具包的视角来开发一个文化知情的DT实施有效性模型。我们的研究结果表明，DT的实施允许组织内部的文化积累，这是设计文化和工业文化之间紧张关系加剧的常见初始条件，导致文化失调。有效的DT实施涉及文化转换，即组织随着情况的发展灵活地在不同的文化规范之间转换，实现文化共生。相反，不有效的DT实施会导致文化固定，对不同文化的严格坚持会进一步造成文化对抗。本研究揭示了利用DT促进创新的日常实践，为有效实施DT提供了一个文化信息模型，并重新定义了DT在组织变革中的作用，从而推动了创新管理和技术创新研究。

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Employee wellbeing: A computational review on the consequences of workplace automation 员工福利：对工作场所自动化后果的计算回顾

IF 10.9 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation

Pub Date : 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103424

Alena Valtonen , Jaan-Pauli Kimpimäki , Nina Savela

The integration of automation into workplaces presents complex implications for employee wellbeing. Drawing on the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model, this study reviews how automation-enabling technologies generate new job demands and resources across four dimensions of employee wellbeing: performance, physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, and workplace relationships. Combining a computational literature review with qualitative content analysis, we identify and synthesize a multidisciplinary body of related literature. Our analysis reveals that automation disproportionately introduces new or intensified demands—particularly in performance, mental and relational dimensions—while resources tend to cluster around performance and physical wellbeing. Further, we show how these effects often spill across wellbeing dimensions, with technologies designed to improve efficiency often resulting in unintended cognitive, emotional, or social strain. Our synthesis extends the JD-R framework to better capture the distribution, alignment, and cross-domain effects of automation-induced changes in job characteristics, offering a structured agenda for future research and highlighting practical implications for human-centric technology design, organizational management, and employee support.

自动化与工作场所的融合对员工的幸福感产生了复杂的影响。利用工作需求-资源（JD-R）模型，本研究回顾了自动化技术如何在员工福利的四个维度上产生新的工作需求和资源：绩效、身体健康、心理健康和工作场所关系。结合计算文献回顾与定性内容分析，我们确定并综合相关文献的多学科体。我们的分析表明，自动化不成比例地引入了新的或强化的需求——特别是在绩效、心理和关系维度上——而资源往往集中在绩效和身体健康上。此外，我们还展示了这些影响是如何渗透到健康维度的，旨在提高效率的技术往往会导致意想不到的认知、情感或社会压力。我们的综合扩展了JD-R框架，以更好地捕捉自动化引起的工作特征变化的分布、对齐和跨领域影响，为未来的研究提供了一个结构化的议程，并强调了以人为中心的技术设计、组织管理和员工支持的实际含义。

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