Resilient Organizations in an Era of Workforce Transformation: Systems Perspectives on Talent, Mobility, and Sustainability
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Practice in Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 75
Editors
Interests: leadership and organizational behaviour; organizational resilience; workforce transformation; human capital development; employee well-being; responsible leadership; talent management; organizational performance; diversity and inclusion; systems thinking
Interests: project management; organizational resilience; workforce sustainability; leadership and innovation; knowledge management; digital transformation; human resource management; sustainable project performance; organizational creativity; systems approaches to organizational performance
Interests: entrepreneurship; leadership and management; organizational resilience; sustainable development; human capital development; higher education systems; knowledge management; innovation and commercialization; diversity and inclusion; systems approaches to sustainability
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Dear Colleagues,
Organizations worldwide are experiencing unprecedented workforce transformation driven by digitalization, demographic shifts, technological innovation, evolving labor markets, sustainability imperatives, and increasing global interconnectedness. These developments create both opportunities and challenges for organizations seeking to remain resilient, competitive, and sustainable within increasingly complex environments.
From a systems perspective, organizations can be viewed as dynamic socio-technical systems in which people, technologies, processes, governance structures, and external environments continuously interact. Workforce transformation influences talent acquisition, knowledge management, organizational learning, employee well-being, leadership practices, and long-term organizational sustainability. Understanding these interdependencies is essential for developing resilient organizational systems capable of adapting to uncertainty and change.
This Special Issue aims to advance theoretical, methodological, and practical insights into workforce transformation and organizational resilience through systems-based approaches. Contributions may explore system dynamics, organizational adaptation, talent mobility, workforce sustainability, digital transformation, human capital resilience, leadership, governance, and innovation across public, private, and non-profit sectors.
The topic aligns closely with the scope of Systems by addressing complex adaptive systems, socio-technical systems, organizational dynamics, sustainability, decision-making, resilience, and systems thinking approaches to contemporary organizational challenges.
Dr. Samyia Safdar
Dr. Namra Mubarak
Dr. Shaista Noor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organizational resilience
- workforce transformation
- systems thinking
- human capital sustainability
- talent mobility
- organizational adaptation
- socio-technical systems
- system dynamics
- sustainable organizations
- knowledge management
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