A new global study conducted by Lenovo™ (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) shows smart technology has transformed the workplace, with over half (58 percent) of people strongly believing technology is already helping to create more diverse work environments that are inclusive of all different types of people – with just eight percent disagreeing.
There are many other positives shared among global employees regarding technology and its role in the workplace, such as its ability to improve job opportunities and job quality. Fifty-eight percent of people strongly believe tech helps people like them get good jobs and make careers, with employees in China (75 percent), India (73 percent) and Mexico (72 percent) being the most positive regarding the impact technology can have on their careers.
A similar number (56 percent) strongly believe tech is making it easier to advance to the next career level. This rang most true among workers in India (85 percent), Mexico (74 percent) and Brazil (72 percent).
When it comes to corporate social responsibility, there’s a shared belief among people around the world that technology companies should contribute to the common good, with just under a third (30 percent) stating their main role should be to strengthen economies and create new jobs.
Bob O’Donnell, President and Chief Analyst, TECHnalysis Research, commented:
“While it’s easy to get caught up in some of the legitimate concerns about technology’s potential impact on workers, it’s even easier to forget how many incredible things that our tech devices are doing to make our jobs easier and more rewarding.
The benefits that tech devices enable – from immediate face-to-face conversations with colleagues all over the world to the simplification and automation of tedious tasks – are having a significantly more profound impact on today’s workplace than anything we’ve seen before. The future they will enable promises to make our work environments even more interesting and productive.”
Dilip Bhatia, Vice President of User and Customer Experience, Lenovo, commented:
“The next generation workforce, who expect more flexible working methods, have grown up with always-on technology. They are driving faster adoption in business environments, thus blurring the distinction between consumer and commercial technology as well as using technology for effective work-life integration.
Lenovo’s latest study shows that there is widespread optimism around the unlocked potentials of smarter technology to positively transform the workplace to meet the needs of this future workforce – from smart office set-ups and ultra-portable productivity devices to video conferencing tools. We believe Lenovo’s vision of enriching and enhancing lives at work and at home through smarter technology for all is a step in the right direction to meet the requirements of tomorrow’s workforce.”
About the research
Lenovo surveyed 15,226 people in seven languages across 10 global markets, including the US, Mexico, Brazil, China, India, Japan, UK, Germany, France and Italy. The respondent sample was nationally representative of the online adult population (18+) in each market.
The survey was conducted March 31st – April 27th, 2019 and the overall margin of error is +/- 1 percentage point (at a 95 percent confidence level); the margin of error within each country is +/- 3 percentage points (at a 95 percent confidence level). The survey probed people on how they view the role of technology in their lives and in society, both today and in the future.