Analysing the impacts of Universal Basic Income in the changing world of work: challenges to the psychological contract and a future research agenda

Perkins, Graham, Gilmore, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3556-2532, Guttormsen, David S. A. and Taylor, Stephen 2022. Analysing the impacts of Universal Basic Income in the changing world of work: challenges to the psychological contract and a future research agenda. Human Resource Management Journal 32 (1) , pp. 1-18. 10.1111/1748-8583.12348

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Abstract

Technological developments within advanced economies are impacting organizations and working lives. With the advent of ‘Industry 4.0’, Universal Basic Income is being cast as a potential ‘buffer’–a social safety net–to the re-structuring of organizations, jobs, and economies that are already underway. The Covid-19 pandemic is providing an additional impetus as governments instigate similar safety nets as employment falls in the wake of the virus. To date, much of the debate concerning UBI has taken place in disciplines outside the auspices of Human Resource Management with most commentary occurring within the spheres of economics and social policy. This conceptual paper is one of the first within the HRM field to address the potential impacts of UBI on orientations to work and the management of employees. To do this, we focus on a central underpinning theory within HRM, the psychological contract, and how this might be affected by its introduction. Finally, a research agenda is developed that provides options by which we might explore the implications of UBI for the practice of HRM when and if such schemes are implemented.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0954-5395
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 February 2022
Date of Acceptance:	9 March 2021
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 16:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147040

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