%0 Journal Article %T Understanding the Future of HRM Through the VUCA Lens %A Ankur Jain %J NHRD Network Journal %@ 2631-455X %D 2019 %R 10.1177/2631454119852860 %X Abstract The article presents a shared understanding of what volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) means in the current context. It then discusses the implications of VUCA for human resource management professionals by demonstrating how technology development at an unprecedented scale leads to volatility; unpredictability of business models leads to uncertainty; exposure to multiple dimensions leads to complexity; and constant need for innovation leads to ambiguity. The article ends with a set of questions that would aid human resource professionals to reflect and prepare for the future, in their specific contexts %K HRM %K VUCA %K digital technologies %K innovation %K future workplace %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2631454119852860