Workforce Agility: A systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda Proposal

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contents Workforce Agility: A systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda Proposal Geraldo Tessarini Junior Patrícia Saltorato Administración y Contabilidad Agility research agenda workforce agility systematic literature review Workforce agility has been described as a management strategy that allows companies to respond quickly and effectively to threats and opportunities arising from a competitive and unstable business environment. In the current literature, there is still a lack of efforts to systematically review the state of the art on this subject. The aim of this paper is to address this gap by studying the academic progress on workforce agility. A systematic literature review was carried out to analyze the academic articles within the workforce agility topic that were published online until the end of June 2020 in three electronic databases: Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Science Direct. The bibliometric indicators present how the field has developed and which actors (authors, institutions, countries, journals) are the most relevant. Regarding the conceptual aspects, the findings allowed us to identify that an agile workforce consists of four interrelated and interdependent dimensions: proactivity, flexibility and adaptability, resilience, and competence. These attributes can be promoted through strategies related to i) learning and training, ii) forms of work organization, iii) human resource management; and iv) culture and organizational structure. Our findings also allowed us to propose an agenda for future studies on workforce agility and other related topics. This paper contributes by promoting a debate on a subject still incipient in the literature, especially in Latin America, and by highlighting the potential competitive advantage associated with workforce agility for companies. 2021 artículo científico 0121-5051 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81869272012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/81869272012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/movil 10.15446/innovar.v31n81.95582 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=818 INNOVAR. Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia INNOVAR. Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales (Colombia) Num.81 Vol.31
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spellingShingle Workforce Agility: A systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda Proposal
Geraldo Tessarini Junior
Administración y Contabilidad
Agility
research agenda
workforce agility
systematic literature review
Workforce Agility: A systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda Proposal Geraldo Tessarini Junior Patrícia Saltorato Administración y Contabilidad Agility research agenda workforce agility systematic literature review Workforce agility has been described as a management strategy that allows companies to respond quickly and effectively to threats and opportunities arising from a competitive and unstable business environment. In the current literature, there is still a lack of efforts to systematically review the state of the art on this subject. The aim of this paper is to address this gap by studying the academic progress on workforce agility. A systematic literature review was carried out to analyze the academic articles within the workforce agility topic that were published online until the end of June 2020 in three electronic databases: Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Science Direct. The bibliometric indicators present how the field has developed and which actors (authors, institutions, countries, journals) are the most relevant. Regarding the conceptual aspects, the findings allowed us to identify that an agile workforce consists of four interrelated and interdependent dimensions: proactivity, flexibility and adaptability, resilience, and competence. These attributes can be promoted through strategies related to i) learning and training, ii) forms of work organization, iii) human resource management; and iv) culture and organizational structure. Our findings also allowed us to propose an agenda for future studies on workforce agility and other related topics. This paper contributes by promoting a debate on a subject still incipient in the literature, especially in Latin America, and by highlighting the potential competitive advantage associated with workforce agility for companies. 2021 artículo científico 0121-5051 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81869272012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/81869272012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/818/81869272012/movil 10.15446/innovar.v31n81.95582 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=818 INNOVAR. Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia INNOVAR. Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales (Colombia) Num.81 Vol.31
title Workforce Agility: A systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda Proposal
topic Administración y Contabilidad
Agility
research agenda
workforce agility
systematic literature review
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