Labour (Employment) Trends and Challenges in Globalized IT-India

The rapid growth in digital technologies and rising global economic paradigm and their domestic/national adaptation and the consequent changes in the living standard reshape both the national and global environment. The globalization of the economy, along with its impressive economic growth performance and increased standard of living, has brought in unparalleled challenges and trends in various dimensions of workers’ life. This research seeks to unravel these labour trends and challenges particularly of IT workforce in India, in which factors such as privatization, flexibilization, individualization, body shopping and off-shoring coalesce the major roles. It finally implies an enhancement in work “quality” as desired by the labour force, consisting safety, income security, skills, and intellectual stimulation, and hence a decent work and sustainable economic growth.

Publication year:2019