Table of Contents

Contents:

PART I THE CHANGING CONTEXT
1 Understanding the future of work 2
Adrian Wilkinson and Michael Barry

PART II CHANGING PRACTICES
2 Work ‘or’ employment in the 21st century: its impact on the
employment relationship 19
Chris Brewster and Peter Holland
3 Unpaid work experience and internships: a growing and
contested feature of the future of work 33
Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith
4 Diversity and inclusion in a changing world of work 49
Gill Kirton
5 Contemporary challenges in meaningful work 65
Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden
6 Employment and work in Europe: improvement or just change? 83
David Foden

PART III THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE OF WORK
7 Financing the future of work: who pays? 103
Jean Cushen
8 Future of Work (FoW) and gender 119
Sarah Kaine, Frances Flanagan and Katherine Ravenswood
9 Biotechnological change and its implications 139
David Peetz and Georgina Murray
10 Work and wages in the gig economy: can there be a high road? 156
Joshua Healy and Andreas Pekarek
11 The growing disruptive impact of work automation: where
should future research focus? 174
Victor Gekara and Darryn Snell
12 Governing Global Production Networks in the new economy 189
Huw Thomas
13 Navigating the future of work to build meaningful careers 204
Edwin Trevor-Roberts
14 The future of employee engagement: the challenge of
separating old wine from new bottles 223
Bruce E. Kaufman, Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson and
Rafael Gomez

Index 245

About the Author

Edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Human Resource Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University and Michael Barry, Professor, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith University, Australia

Reviews

'Many talk about the future of work. This volume refreshingly replaces grand pronouncements, sweeping generalizations, and a narrow focus on technology and the gig economy with thoughtful, nuanced reflections on a wide range of challenges. Taken together, this collection of stimulating chapters results in a robust research agenda that should help define the future of the future of work.'
--John W. Budd, University of Minnesota, US, and author of The Thought of Work