Gender Facets of Organisational Shame as Transformational Resource for Health and Well-Being in the Fifth Industrial Revolution

In recent years, research has recognised the significant role of genderGender and cultureCulture in linking emotions with health outcomesHealth outcomes. Despite increasing interest in the topic of shameShame, less effort is devoted to cross-fertilising various studies related to gender and specific types of emotionsSpecific types of emotions (e.g. shame), different types of cultural contextsDifferent types of cultural contexts (e.g. organisational), and health. An organisation in the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR)Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) incorporates automationAutomation and efficiency, as well as a personal human touch, to achieve its goals. It is a complex social environment in which people experience different discrete emotions, such as guiltGuilt, angerAnger, and happinessHappiness. Among these emotions, shame is one of the discrete emotions prevalent in the workplaceWorkplace and organisational life. The focus is to provide a holistic view of gender facets incorporating different nested cultural contexts, organisational shame, and health outcomes. The concept of organisational shameOrganisational shame is introduced, and its two key domains are explained: conformity and status/competition. Prior studies on gender facets of organisational shame as transformational resource for health and well-being in the 5IR are comprehensively reviewed. Resource-oriented conceptsResource-oriented concepts, such as resilienceResilience, happinessHappiness, fortitudeFortitude, and locus of controlLocus of control, are contextualised in the current processes of social upheaval and the 5IR transformation. The aim of the chapter is to provide an in-depth insight into gender facets of organisational shame as transformational resource within and across the new cultures created by current 5IR transformation processes in the new world of work. A qualitative approach is followed by means of a systematic review of contemporary research on the themes of gender facets of organisational shame as transformational resource for health and well-being in the 5IR. This approach will allow the author to evaluate documented research on the topic.