specialty journal of knowledge management
Volume 4,
2019,
Issue 4
The Future of Work; Opportunities and Challenges
Sepehri, Mohammad Reza, Ramezani, F, Tahereh
Pages: 1-14
Abstract
The labor markets around the world will undergo great transformations over upcoming years and decades. These developments are largely due to mega-trends that will impact key dimensions of labor market. Here, the key question for the world of work experts is; how the future of work looks like and how it can be shaped? The present article, based on the most important studies in the world, attempts to answer these two questions. So, among the major issues here are the main drivers of labor market transformation and its consequences for the future of work, and the challenges and opportunities arising from developments in the world of work. At first, mega-trends of labor market have been investigated, as the main drivers, then, the future of work will be defined along five dimensions in which mega-trends will impact the world of work. Next, challenges and opportunities arising from the world of work changes are examined. Finally, the summary and conclusion of the article is presented.