Future of Work in the Asia Pacific

Subas P. Dhakal is Associate Professor at the University of New England (UNE)—Armidale, NSW.Alan Nankervis is 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 Professor at the Centre for Organisational Change and Agility, Torrens University Australia.

• Part I1. The Nexus Between Critical Skill Shortages and Sustainable Development: An IntroductionSubas P. Dhakal, John Burgess, and Alan Nankervis2. A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature on Labour and Skill Shortages: Implications for the Future of Work in the Asia-Pacific and BeyondSubas P. Dhakal and Muhammad Nateque Mahmood Part II3. Critical Skills Shortages in New Zealand: An Evaluation of PoliciesJim Arrowsmith 4. Cultivating Culturally Responsive Self-Efficacy in South Korean Pre-service STEM Teachers: Addressing Skill Shortages in EducationLuis Miguel Dos Santos, Ching Ting Tany Kwee, and Ho Fai Lo 5. Australia’s Labour Market and Skill NeedsJohn Burgess , Alan Nankervis, and Kantha Dayaram 6. Employability Skills in Thailand: The Need for SustainabilityMonthon Sorakraikitikul & Pacharapong Kumjumpa 7. Skills Shortages in VietnamJames Cooper and Nhat Tram Phan-Le 8. Skills Shortages in the Chinese Manufacturing SectorYi Liu, Le Li, and Liang Lu 9. Towards a Sustainable City-State? Critical Skill Shortages in SingaporePeter Waring and Julia Connell 10. Local Tourism Businesses in the Digital Era: Implications for Bridging the Critical Skills Gap in IndonesiaSubas P. Dhakal and Saskia Tjokro 11. Digital Transformation and Its Impact on the Malaysian Labour Market: Skill Shortages and the Future of WorkJason J. Turner, Nadiah Suki, and Nan Jiang 12. Critical Skills Shortages in the Mauritian Information Technology SectorVikash Rowtho, Sarita Hardin-Ramanan, and Shafiiq Gopee 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 DevelopmentJonathan Sale and Arlene Sale14. Critical Labour Shortages in the Nepalese Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Strategic ImplicationsSubas P. Dhakal and Kerry Brown 15. Labour Skills Shortages in the Construction Industry of BangladeshMuhammad Nateque Mahmood, Glenn P. Costin, and Azmeri Rahman 16. Capitalising Resourcefulness of the Seasoned: Insights from India on Building a Skilled WorkforceLata Dyaram, Apoorva Goel, Nabila Khan & Samina Yasmin 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 III18. A Comparative Analysis of Critical Skills Shortages and Sustainable Development Nexus: Concluding RemarksAlan Nankervis, Subas P. Dhakal, and John Burgess