The Future of Work in the Asia Pacific

Addressing Critical Skills Shortages for Sustainable Development
Herausgeber: Nankervis, Alan; Dhakal, Subas P.; Burgess, John

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides 14 country reports to discuss the critical jobs and skills needed to achieve long-term policies and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It will interest researchers in human resource management and development, international business, development studies, as well as policy makers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032458700
• ISBN-10: 1032458704
• Artikelnr.: 70526776

Autorenporträt

Subas P. Dhakal is an Associate Professor at the University of New England (UNE) - Armidale, NSW. Alan Nankervis is an Adjunct Professor of Human Resource Management at Curtin University (Perth, Australia) and the Asia Pacific University of Innovation & Technology (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). John Burgess is a Professor at the Centre for Organisational Change and Agility, Torrens University Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I
Chapter 1 The Nexus Between Critical Skill Shortages and Sustainable
Development: An Introduction Subas P. Dhakal, John Burgess & Alan Nankervis
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Chapter 2 A Bibliometric analysis of literature on labour and skill
shortages: implications for the future of work in the Asia Pacific and
beyond Subas P. Dhakal & Muhammad Nateque Mahmood
Part II
Chapter 3 Critical Skills Shortages in New Zealand: An Evaluation of
Policies Jim Arrowsmith
Chapter 4 Cultivating Cultural Responsiveness Self-Efficacy in South Korean
Pre-service STEM Teachers: Addressing Skill Shortages in Education Luis
Miguel Dos Santos , Ching Ting Tany Kwee & Ho Fai Lo
Chapter 5 Australia's Labour Market and Skill Needs John Burgess , Alan
Nankervis & Kantha Dayaram
Chapter 6 Employability skills in Thailand: The need for sustainability
Monthon Sorakraikitikul & Pacharapong Kumjumpa
Chapter 7 Skills Shortages in Vietnam James Cooper & Nhat Tram Phan-Le
Chapter 8 Skills Shortages in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector Yi Liu, Le
Li & Liang Lu
Chapter 9 Towards a Sustainable City-State? Critical Skill Shortages in
Singapore Peter Waring & Julia Connell
Chapter 10 Local tourism businesses in the digital era: implications for
bridging the critical skills gap in Indonesia Subas P. Dhakal & Saskia
Tjokro
Chapter 11 Digital transformation and its impact on the Malaysian Labour
Market: Skill shortages and the future of work Jason J. Turner, Nadiah Suki
& Nan Jiang
Chapter 12 Critical Skills Shortages in The Mauritian Information
Technology Sector Vikash Rowtho, Sarita Hardin-Ramanan & Shafiiq Gopee
Chapter 13 Decent work, the critical skills shortage in the health sector,
and the role of the State: A case study of the Philippine exported labour
policy and sustainable development Jonathan Sale & Arlene Sale
Chapter 14 Critical Labour Shortages in the Nepalese Tourism and
Hospitality Sector: Strategic Implications Subas P. Dhakal & Kerry Brown
Chapter 15 Labour Skills Shortages in the Construction Industry of
Bangladesh Muhammad Nateque Mahmood, Glenn P. Costin & Azmeri Rahman
Chapter 16 Capitalizing Resourcefulness of the Seasoned: Insights from
India on Building a Skilled Workforce Lata Dyaram, Apoorva Goel, Nabila
Khan & Samina Yasmin
Chapter 17 Valuing unpaid care, labour rights and decent work for all - an
analysis of Tonga's participation in the Pacific labour mobility schemes as
a sustainable development strategy
Julie I. Cunningham
Part III
Chapter 18 A comparative analysis of Critical Skills Shortages and
Sustainable Development Nexus: Concluding remarks Alan Nankervis, Subas P.
Dhakal & John Burgess