Managing the Impact of Digital Transformation on the Future of Jobs. A Sectoral Approach. A Semi-Systematic Literature Review
Managing the Impact of Digital Transformation on the Future of Jobs. A Sectoral Approach. A Semi-Systematic Literature Review
Author(s): Ion MoldoveanuSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, Labor relations, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: future of work; industry 4.0; digital transformation; Information Technology (IT); jobs; semi-systematic literature review;
Summary/Abstract: The future of work is discussed in academic literature and reports starting with 2014. Various studies have identified artificial intelligence, robots, big data, globalization, population pressures, and changed demographic profiles as the main drivers for change in the future of jobs. Also, international organizations did comprehensive analyses of the professions' rapid technology changes. In contrast to the number of consultancy documents, there are not numerous scientific articles on the topic of the future of work. Research performed on the reputable scientific databases return a much larger number of scientific articles on the broader topic of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), including several systematic literature reviews, with 31 scientific articles on the topic. Still, the specific goal of this review is to explore the impact of job automation on the IT professions in Romania's IT industry. Consequently, the present paper is designed as a semi-systematic literature review, building on over one hundred papers written on the topic of Industry 4.0, studies that were done on the particular subject of the future of work, research papers done on the IT industry, and available studies on the IT industry in Romania. The findings are analyzed via various criteria which are meant to provide an accurate image of the state-of-the-art on the topic of interest.
Journal: Revista de Management Comparat Internațional
- Issue Year: 23/2022
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 439-453
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English