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.