The Post-COVID-19 Era, Fourth Industrial Revolution, and New Globalization: Restructured Labor Relations and Organizational Adaptation

Theodore Koutroukis, Dimos Chatzinikolaou, Charis Vlados, V. Pistikou

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Abstract

This paper explores the directions of adaptation for socioeconomic organizations in the current global crisis and restructuring. We carry out an integrative and critical review, presenting the main questions—and possible directions of response—concerning how the post-COVID-19 era, the fourth industrial revolution, and new globalization seem to affect contemporary labor relations. We focus on the different levels of their manifestation (macro, meso, and micro levels), emphasizing worsening inequality trends in the work environment and the resulting organizational readaptation that seems to be required nowadays. The restructured labor markets can benefit from the diffusion of institutional innovations based on integrated social partnership schemes at the macro–meso–micro levels. We emphasize organizational adaptation at the microlevel, as the innovation and change management mechanisms it enables, presupposes, and harnesses are imperative for exiting any crisis.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187
JournalSocieties
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2022

Keywords

  • post-COVID-19 era
  • fourth industrial revolution
  • new globalization
  • restructured labor relations
  • institutional innovation
  • social partnership
  • organizational adaptation
  • change management
  • innovation
  • green transition

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