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Amending Dynamic Capability Theory for Information Systems Research on the Reskilling of Coal Miners in an AI-Driven Era

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Due to digitalization and disruptive technologies, the business landscape has changed. The change will influence the nature of work across all industries. The South African mining sector is going through a modernization process to stay relevant. The paper explores Dynamic Capability Theory (DCT) as a suitable theory for the reskilling of coal miners. The paper will define the theory and related concepts to get a better understanding and explore the link with information systems. It amends existing dynamic capability frameworks and proposes a modified model that can be used to guide the reskilling of mineworkers for the new era. The amended framework can be used to mitigate the foreseen consequences of the use of robotics and automation in the mining industry in South Africa. The inclusion of human aspects in DCT is especially important to facilitate the Africanization of information systems within the mining sector on the continent. As a result, this will increase the understanding and learning of transitioning skills within the context of using a variety of emerging innovative technologies fueled by the new era.

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This work is based on research supported in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant Number 132180) and the University of South Africa’s Research Professor Support Programme. The grant holder acknowledges that opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the article are that of the authors, and that the NRF/Unisa accepts no liability whatsoever in this regard. We would like to thank the editors, programme chairs and reviewers for their feedback that guided us to improve the article.

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Modimogale, L.L.K., Kroeze, J.H., van Staden, C. (2021). Amending Dynamic Capability Theory for Information Systems Research on the Reskilling of Coal Miners in an AI-Driven Era. In: Huang, YM., Lai, CF., Rocha, T. (eds) Innovative Technologies and Learning. ICITL 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13117. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91540-7_2

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