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Shame in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, and the Age of Digitalisation

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This chapter provides insights into the state of the art in shame research in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, and digitalisation. It provides insights into the new and emerging fields of meaning and shame within the rapid changes of societies and organisations in terms of technology, communication, and economics, but also in societies and communication. The changes in the world of work and life, however, do not leave emotions untouched. In this book, we particularly look at the often negatively experienced emotion of shame and explore its meaning and dimensions within the new era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution from different disciplinary and cultural perspectives. The book chapters written by the various authors will shortly be introduced, and insights into the structure and content of the book are provided.

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    Global North and Global South are here defined as primarily geographical and socio-economic concepts (Trefzer, Jackson, McKee, & Dellinger, 2014) which influence the management of 4IR processes in the future.

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  1. Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  2. Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  3. Global Institute for Transcultural Research, Römerberg, Germany

    Elisabeth Vanderheiden

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  1. Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  2. Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  3. Global Institute for Transcultural Research, Römerberg, Germany

    Elisabeth Vanderheiden

  4. (emeritus) Trent University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Paul T. P. Wong

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Mayer, CH., Vanderheiden, E. (2021). Shame in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, and the Age of Digitalisation. In: Mayer, CH., Vanderheiden, E., Wong, P.T.P. (eds) Shame 4.0. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59527-2_1

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