Abstract: Transformations in the futures of work, management, human resources, labour markets and employment relations etc. were accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The futures of work and management are influenced by employers adopting and implementing machine-learning, related new technologies data-driven artificial intelligence (abbreviated as AI). In relation to many aspects of work and labour markets, employers, managers and workers are experiencing much change and the disruption of Industry 4.0 through AI. Many workers, including managers and professionals, may be displaced from their current jobs as AI is increasingly adopted. What are positive and negative aspects of AI getting adopted? Our research questions include: What are benefits, opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with the adoption of AI in workplaces? What are challenges for the futures of work? Which groups of workers may benefit, and which groups’ interests may be harmed. What can others learn from those who innovate with AI successfully? We focus on experiences in Australia and other English-speaking countries that are developed liberal market economies, which have experienced neoliberal transformations. What are the promising practices that practitioners and policy-makers might consider? We examine institutional factors shaping the strategic choices of key actors to adopt and deploy AI, and their implications for work, managers, and workers. We contrast the rhetoric and the realities of the adoption of AI in workplaces. Which theoretical frameworks are helpful for analysing such matters? The futures of work are important to research and discuss, not only for employers, managers and workers, but also for other stakeholders, including academics, customers, suppliers, governments, regulators, practitioners, policy-makers and wider communities.

Artificial Intelligence and the Futures of Work and Management: International Perspectives
- January 13, 2025
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- 11:30 am
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- 1:00 pm
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