The fourth industrial revolution Smart technology, artificial intelligence, robotics and algorithms (STARA) industrial psychologists in future workplaces

Abstract

ABSTRACT Futurists predict that a third of jobs that exist today could be replaced by smart technology, artificial intelligence, robotics and algorithms (STARA). Robots will handle 52% of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as much as in 2019. Rapid changes in machines and algorithms or computer processes could create 133 million new roles in place of 75 million that will be displaced between 2019 and 2022 (World Economic Forum, 2018). These trends have a major impact on the role of the Industrial Psychologist in workplaces. The objective of the inaugural lecture is to present a critical review of Industrial Psychologists in future workplaces in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) (Venturini, 2022). A competence model is posed for Industrial Psychologists to perform a strategic intelligence role in organisations in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.