Affiliation:
1. Department of Management Northern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois USA
2. Department of Management Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia USA
3. Department of Management UNSW‐Sydney Sydney Australia
4. Department of Counseling & Human Development University of Haifa Haifa Israel
5. Queensland School of Business University of Queensland Queensland Australia
Abstract
AbstractThe confluence of changing employment norms and technological innovations is bringing forth a work ecosystem characterized by increases in episodic work, virtuality, individualization of labour, and transformation of jobs. Our paper builds upon existing scholarship, and data on labour trends to propose a framework that views the interactions between key entities (workers, customers, organizations, and platforms) and institutions as continuously shaping the nature of work. Viewing micro‐ecosystems, such as gig work performed using technology platforms and traditional employment ecosystems, as subsets of this emergent work ecosystem, we generate specific propositions to guide human resource management (HRM) research and explore the implications of the emerging work ecosystem for HRM practice.