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

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Digital Business and Enabling Technologies Series
• Author: Lynn, Theo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rosati, Pierangelo.; Conway, Edel.; van der Werff, Lisa.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Digital Business and Enabling Technologies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)

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.