643: Workforce and HR Ecosystems: A Generative Discussion on Synergies, Tensions and Future Directions (19333)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Swissotel: Monte Rosa

Session Number: 643
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Theme,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/RxZGj9

Organizer(s)

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David Cross

Southampton Business School, U. of Southampton, United Kingdom
AK

Anastasia Kulichyova

Queens U. Belfast, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

EA

Elizabeth J. Altman

U. of Massachusetts Lowell, United States
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Thomas Garavan

U. College Cork
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Ashish Malik

Ashish Malik, Professor, Queen's U. of Belfast, UK, United Kingdom
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Jelena Petrovic

Southampton Business School, U. of Southampton, United Kingdom
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Scott A. Snell

U. of Virginia, United States

Amid a host of changes to the world of management and work, the concepts of ‘workforce ecosystems' and ‘HR ecosystems’ have concurrently emerged. These frameworks help make sense of the increasingly diverse ways that organizations deliver strategic value using not only their internal resources but also an extended workforce including contingent workers, partner organisations, and technological actors. This has significant implications for the practice and direction of HR professionals and managers, the boundaries of organisations within the ecosystems, and the strategic management of them not to mention questions of leadership, governance, and function. In this panel symposium, we aim to consider the similarities, tensions, and synergies between these concepts, consider the changing role of managers and HR professionals, and consider the future of these ecosystems. We do this through a generative discussion featuring experts from the field of workforce and HR ecosystems.