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"Engineering work in the German automotive industry is currently being dictated by corporate reorganization processes. These are driven by processes of informatization, financialization, and globalization, and evince an increase in the (global) division of labor in product development, as well as an increase in competitive pressures. Being able to deal with information and knowledge is important for coping with these processes at work. In terms of engineers' work, this means that engineers must be able to deal with the increasing amounts of information available in the form of benchmark figures, data, etc., as well as with the challenges presented by work shared in global networks. This paper presents the results of a series of qualitative interviews. The main trends that can be pointed out are the 'enucleation' (removing the core) of engineering work, the loss of autonomy, increasing insecurity, and the changing materiality of the objects worked on. Enucleation processes are increasingly changing older engineers' fields of work. More and more, they are being called upon to take over communication and coordination practices. In connection with increasing insecurity, employees' perception of their own position in the company is changing and, in the end, their strategies of action, as well." (author's abstract)

Aktuelle Arbeitsprozesse werden durch einen Wandel der Kooperationsformen bestimmt. Netzwerkförmig restrukturierte innerbetriebliche Hierarchieebenen sowie projektbasierte und auf Transparenz und Kooperativität beruhende Arbeits- und Organisationsstrukturen zwischen unterschiedlichen Unternehmen dominieren zunehmend weite Bereiche der Arbeitswelt. Eine zentrale Bedeutung erlangt hierbei das in Kooperationen zirkulierende Vertrauen. Zwar gibt es bereits Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung von Vertrauen in der Arbeitswelt, eine tiefer gehende Klärung des Wechselverhältnisses von Vertrauen und Kooperation wurde bislang jedoch noch nicht hinreichend geleistet. Der Band greift dieses Desiderat auf, indem er die interdisziplinäre Grundlagenforschung zur Vertrauensthematik für die Arbeits- und Organisationssoziologie fruchtbar macht.