Publication: Sustainable Digital Talent Ecosystem in the New Era: Impacts on Businesses, Governments and Universities
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2020
Authors
Karaboğa, Tuğba
Gürol, Yonca Deniz
Binici, Ceylan Merve
Sarp, Pınar
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Future work will become more digital-oriented and the term digital talent will become the essence of the future
workforce. In a digital work design, digital talents, digital fluency, digital networks, and digital platforms will be the most
pronounced words. As a result of the rapid digital transformation effort all over the world, the huge increase in the demand
for digital skills has led to a worldwide digital talent gap. To close this gap and to expand the digital talent ecosystem
in a country, corporations, governments, and higher education institutions should act together. Universities have to
understand the digital capability needs of employers to prepare digitally employable graduates for digitally dominated
business environments. Governments should attract digital talents to simplify and digitize their services and operations.
Corporations should attract digital talents to succeed in digital transformation and gain a competitive advantage. In this
study, we emphasized the effect of digital transformation and digital talent shortage on governments, corporations, and
universities. Then we highlighted the importance of their collaboration to develop and sustain digitally talented people in
a country. We hope this study will be an encouraging guide to enhance partnerships between governments, corporations,
and universities to better manage the digital talent shortage.
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Digital talent management, Digital transformation, Government role, Corporation role, University role