![]() ![]() ![]() The paper proposes specific roles that each of these stakeholders can pursue to harness and address the benefit and challenges of 4IR respectively. ![]() Focusing on the potential impact of 4IR on jobs in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in Asia-Pacific, this paper mainly argues that ensuring employability in an era of increase automation and digitalisation can only be attained through collaborative efforts from governments, businesses, the scientific community, and trade unions and workers. This paper attempts to make a humble contribution to the already rich debates and discussions about the phenomenon. Although its impacts on employment, both in terms of job creation and job substitution, are still heavily debated amongst scholars, there is increasing evidence that the latest wave of industrial revolution will lead to a pattern of skill-shift and create relatively fewer positions than in the past. Notwithstanding its nascent state, this phenomenon already brings about significant changes to existing business and employment models across industries. Although having the potential to address major global problems, such as poverty, climate change, food insecurity, 4IR could also bring about risks if not handled properly. Dubbed as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’(4IR), or ‘Industry 4.0’, this latest industrial revolution carries with it major transformation that will change the way we live and work. Rapid technological development of late has brought about the latest wave of industrial revolution. ![]()
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