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

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.