Digitally Transformed Employees Crafting Tomorrow’s Skills Cape through Modern HRD

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Mahjabeen Musa
Muhammad Haroon

Abstract

This study focuses on the digitally transformed employee’s future competencies with mediating role of modern human resource development practices. The main purpose of this study is to explore how digital transformation directed towards employees influence their future competencies including the skill sets like global mindset, technical and analytical skills, attitude and soft skills. An empirical study was conducted and cross-sectional approach is adapted to measure the relationship between variables. Data was collected from 256 employees of the banking and telecom sectors by random sampling method. SPSS Hayes model 4 is used to analyze mediation of modern human resource development along with descriptive and demographic analysis in this study. The findings of this study show the direct and indirect effect of modern human resource development on employee future competencies. The partial mediation indicated that the modern human resource development plays an important part in contributing towards employee’s future competencies. The results of this study indicated that with the evolution of modern human resource development parallel to the technical advancement fosters more skilled and adoptable environment. ­­­­­­ This study will help understand organizations to actually witness the impact on this transformation on employee future competencies. The dynamic interplay between the variables offers insight for the researchers and practitioners for enhanced organizational performance by modern human resource development.

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Musa, M., & Haroon, M. . (2024). Digitally Transformed Employees Crafting Tomorrow’s Skills Cape through Modern HRD. Journal of Workplace Behavior, 5(1), 108–123. https://doi.org/10.70580/jwb.05.01.0221
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Mahjabeen Musa, Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.

Mahjabeen Musa is a Ph.D. scholar with a keen interest in organizational behavior (OB) research and organizational psychology. Her academic pursuits extend to exploring various facets of OB, contributing to a deeper understanding of workplace dynamics and human behavior within organizational settings.

Muhammad Haroon, Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.

Muhammad Haroon is a distinguished organizational trainer and consultant with extensive experience in developing and implementing a wide range of training programs and providing process development consultancy to organizations. He holds his PhD in Management Sciences, concentrating his research on the motivational language employed by leaders in the workplace. His research interests focus on leadership and language, and organizational and human resource development. Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor & Head of HR and General Management Cluster in the Department of Management Sciences at the National University of Modern Languages. In this role, he teaches Human Resource specialization courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises students in their research projects, fostering academic growth and innovation.