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The Future of Work: Some Prospects and Perspectives. A Compilation

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by DaeYeon Cho and Susan Imel
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The question of what the future of work in the United States will be is examined in this publication using current information on trends and issues related to work, the economy, and the labor force. The goal is not to predict the future of work but to present current information that has implications for the future of work and suggest some possibilities for what might occur in future workplaces.

The publication is a compilation that examines various aspects of the future of work. In the first section, four trends—globalization, technology, flexible employment practices, and demographics—that will affect the future of work are examined. The second section reviews current arguments related to the high-skills/low-wage debate and poses some possible scenarios for the future. The third section reviews current trends in workplace learning to make projections about learning in the workplace of the future. The importance of learning as a social process is a common theme in the trends considered. An annotated list of 13 print and 5 web-based resources on the future of work concludes the publication.