diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/models/workspaceitem.resource-type.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/models/workspaceitem.resource-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e141d45a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/models/workspaceitem.resource-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+
+export const WORKSPACEITEM = new ResourceType('workspaceitem');
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model.ts b/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model.ts
index 0bfacdb475..62f21cb2f3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { deserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { inheritLinkAnnotations, typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../cache/id-to-uuid-serializer';
 import { SubmissionObject } from './submission-object.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+import { WORKSPACEITEM } from '../../eperson/models/workspaceitem.resource-type';
 
 /**
  * A model class for a WorkspaceItem.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 @inheritSerialization(SubmissionObject)
 @inheritLinkAnnotations(SubmissionObject)
 export class WorkspaceItem extends SubmissionObject {
-  static type = new ResourceType('workspaceitem');
+  static type = WORKSPACEITEM;
 
   /**
    * The universally unique identifier of this WorkspaceItem
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
index beea55968c..c5205c070b 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       describe('in workspace scope', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           // @ts-ignore
-          comp.submissionObject = { type: WorkspaceItem.type };
+          comp.submissionObject = { type: WorkspaceItem.type.value };
         });
 
         it('should return true for unscoped fields', () => {
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       describe('in workflow scope', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           // @ts-ignore
-          comp.submissionObject = { type: WorkflowItem.type };
+          comp.submissionObject = { type: WorkflowItem.type.value };
         });
 
         it('should return true when field is unscoped', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
index 3fdc3cf486..17e44688a0 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
 
     switch (scope) {
       case SubmissionScopeType.WorkspaceItem: {
-        return this.submissionObject.type === WorkspaceItem.type;
+        return (this.submissionObject as any).type === WorkspaceItem.type.value;
       }
       case SubmissionScopeType.WorkflowItem: {
-        return this.submissionObject.type === WorkflowItem.type;
+        return (this.submissionObject as any).type === WorkflowItem.type.value;
       }
       default: {
         return true;