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The Future of Work : Challenges and Prospects for Organisations, Jobs and Workers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lynn, Theo.
Other Authors: Rosati, Pierangelo., Conway, Edel., van der Werff, Lisa.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Digital Business and Enabling Technologies Series
Subjects:
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgement
  • Book Description
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Introducing the Future of Work: Key Trends, Concepts, Technologies and Avenues for Future Research
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 What Is the Future of Work?
  • 1.3 Key Trends, Themes and Concepts in the Future of Work
  • 1.4 Perspectives on the Future of Work
  • 1.5 Conclusions and Future Avenues for Research
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Assessing the Impact of New Ways of Working on Individual and Organisational Well-Being
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 New Ways of Working and Autonomy
  • 2.3 New Ways of Working and Competence
  • 2.4 New Ways of Working and Relatedness
  • 2.5 Managing New Ways of Working Using a Self-determination Perspective
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: AI, Data Analytics and the Professions
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Professions: An Overview
  • 3.3 The Enduring Technological Revolution
  • 3.3.1 Artificial Intelligence
  • 3.3.2 Data Analytics
  • 3.4 The Impact of AI and Data Analytics on the Legal and Accounting Professions
  • 3.4.1 Legal Profession
  • 3.4.2 Accounting Profession
  • 3.5 Re-imagining the Future of Work of Professionals
  • 3.5.1 Technological Disruption
  • 3.5.2 The Professional's Evolving Organisational Field
  • 3.6 Challenges Ahead
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Gig Work, Algorithmic Technologies, and the Uncertain Future of Work
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Rise of the Gig Economy
  • 4.2.1 The Unique Nature of Gig Work
  • 4.2.2 The Role of Digital Platforms
  • 4.3 Algorithmic Technologies in Gig Work
  • 4.3.1 Algorithms and Managerial Control
  • 4.3.2 Algorithmic Management in Practice
  • 4.4 Algorithms and Gig Work: Challenges, Controversies, and Uncertainties
  • 4.4.1 Challenges for Management Practice
  • 4.4.2 Challenges for Legislators and Policymakers.
  • 4.4.3 Uncertainties for Workers
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Smart Technology in the Workplace: Threats and Opportunities for Trusting Employers
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Employees' Trust in Organisations and Smart Technology
  • 5.3 Challenges for Protecting Trust in the Organisation
  • 5.4 Opportunities for Building Trust in the Organisation
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Leadership in Digitised Workplaces
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Integrative Framework of Leadership in Digitised Workplaces
  • 6.3 Implications: The Best Practice of Leadership in Digitised Workplaces
  • 6.3.1 Leadership and Digitalisation
  • 6.3.2 Leadership in Virtual Work
  • 6.3.3 Leading Virtual Teams and Digital Work
  • 6.3.4 Leadership in the Context of the Future of Work and Gig Economy
  • 6.4 Future Research Directions of Leadership in the Context of the Future of Work
  • 6.4.1 Virtual Work and Virtual Teamwork
  • 6.4.2 Leader-Follower Relationships, Health and Well-being
  • 6.4.3 Human Capital, Social Capital and Leadership of Networks
  • 6.4.4 Leadership in the Platform-Mediated Economy
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Diversity and Inclusion
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Human Diversity and Inclusion Through a Multi-level Lens: Individual-Group and Institutional Levels
  • 7.3 Implications for the Future of Work
  • 7.3.1 Legal and Economic Structures
  • 7.3.2 Work-Family Balance and Working Time
  • 7.3.3 Reducing Bias with Technology
  • 7.3.4 Attitudes and Culture
  • 7.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Higher Education and Skills for the Future(s) of Work
  • 8.1 Rationale and Motivation
  • 8.2 Higher Education and Skills for the Future of Work: Current Emphasis
  • 8.3 Higher Education and Skills of the Futures of Work: An Alternative Framing
  • 8.3.1 Slow Thinking
  • 8.3.2 Elevating Well-being
  • 8.3.3 Human Transformation in the Virtual Era.
  • 8.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Digital Learning: A Bright New Dawn for Learning and Development
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Conceptualising Digital Learning
  • 9.3 Digital Learning: Drivers and Challenges
  • 9.3.1 Shorter, Faster and Cheaper Training and Learning Methods
  • 9.3.2 Learning Pedagogy and Digital Learning
  • 9.3.3 Learning in the Flow of Work
  • 9.4 Conclusion: Is Digital Learning the Bright New Dawn for Learning and Development?
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Digital Technologies and the Future of Work: An Agent-Centred Ethical Perspective Based on Goods, Norms, and Virtues
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 What Is Ethics? Exploring Ethical Approaches and Their Capability to Analyse the Impact of Digital Technologies on the Future of Work
  • 10.3 Towards an Agent-Centred Perspective for the Ethical Analysis of Digital Technologies in the Future of Work
  • 10.4 Conclusions and Future Research
  • References
  • Index.

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