Strategic Human Capital Management in the Era of AI LONDON, UK NOVEMBER 4, 2025

Strategic Human Capital Management in the Era of AI

Date:

November 4th, 2025 (UTC+0)

Organizer:

King’s Business School, King’s College London

Symposium Chair:

Dr. An Nguyen
Lecturer in King’s College London

Personal Bio:

Dr An Nguyen is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at King's Business School, and Deputy Programme Director of the MSc Global Human Resource Management. She has extensive experience in leading large courses, supervising dissertations, and conducting both online and face-to-face tutorials in HRM at UK universities.

Before joining King's, a taught and conducted research at Coventry University and University of Glasgow. She holds a PhD in Education Policy from the Open University, an MA in Education from UCL, and a BSc in International Relations from the LSE. She has extensive industry experience in India, China, Vietnam, and the UK, having worked and provided consultancy services for corporations, NGOs, and ed-tech companies.

Committee Members:

Thinh Nguyen King’s College London Thinh.nguyen@kcl.ac.uk

Call for Papers

Backgroud:

The field of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) explores how organisations align their people management strategies with broader business objectives to enhance performance and competitiveness. As businesses face increasing complexity due to rapid technological advancements, globalisation, and changing workforce expectations, the need for HR practices that are both strategically integrated and contextually responsive has become more critical than ever. SHRM moves beyond traditional, administrative HR functions by embedding people management at the heart of strategic decision-making. Two key perspectives dominate this field: the Universalistic (Best Practice) approach, which advocates for the application of certain high-performance HR practices across all organisations, and the Contingency (Best-Fit) approach, which emphasises the importance of tailoring HR strategies to fit specific organisational contexts. Understanding these perspectives, and the internal and external factors that shape HR choices, is essential for future HR professionals and researchers seeking to drive sustainable organisational success.

Goal/Rationale：

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how organisations manage, develop, and reward their human capital. From algorithm-driven recruitment to AI-informed performance management and compensation systems, strategic human capital management is entering a new era where technology increasingly shapes people-related decisions. While these advances offer opportunities for greater efficiency, consistency, and data-driven insights, they also raise significant challenges around fairness, transparency, employee wellbeing, and the erosion of human autonomy in workplace decision-making.

This symposium aims to critically examine how organisations can strategically manage their human capital in the age of AI while safeguarding core human values. It will explore both theoretical and practical perspectives on how AI technologies are reshaping talent management, and how HR professionals can align emerging technologies with strategic goals, ethical considerations, and employee needs. By engaging with real-world case examples and current research, participants will develop insights into balancing technological innovation with human-centred leadership, ensuring that AI enhances rather than undermines strategic HR objectives.

Scope and Information for participants:

This symposium focuses on the strategic management of human capital in an era increasingly shaped by Artificial Intelligence. We invite participants to explore how AI is transforming key areas of HRM, including talent acquisition, performance management, compensation design, employee engagement, and wellbeing. Contributors are encouraged to address themes such as:

  • The integration of AI technologies into strategic HR decision-making.
  • Perceptions of fairness, autonomy, and trust in AI-driven HR processes.
  • Ethical, legal, and psychological implications of AI in people management.
  • The role of HR professionals in balancing technological innovation with human-centred values.
  • Emerging models and frameworks for AI-enabled strategic HRM.

We welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, and students with an interest in the future of work, responsible AI, and strategic HR leadership. The session will include interactive discussions, case examples, and collaborative idea generation to help shape an inclusive and forward-thinking research agenda.

Topics

The main topics of this symposium are listed below.

Management

  • Advertising
  • Business Performance Management
  • Decision Sciences
  • Development Planning and Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Human Resource
  • Information Systems
  • Information Technology Management
  • Labor Relations & Human Resource Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Behavior & Theory
  • Production/Operations Management
  • Public Administration and Small Business Entrepreneurship
  • Public Relations
  • Public Responsibility and Ethics
  • Strategic Management
  • Systems Thinking
  • Time Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • Tourism Management

E-Commerce

  • Cloud Accounting
  • E-advertising
  • Digital Currencies
  • Digital Marketing
  • Innovation, Growth, and Social Prosperity
  • Internet of Things
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Web Design in E-commerce
  • Online Consumer Behavior
  • Online Consumer Data
  • Openness, Regional Integration, and Economic Growth
  • Technological Change, Research, and Development

Economics

  • Economic Development
  • Comparative Economic Systems
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Economic Systems
  • Financial Economics
  • Household Behavior and Family Economics
  • Industrial and Manufacturing
  • International Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Law and Economics
  • Market Structure and Pricing
  • Marketing Research and Strategy
  • Public Choice
  • Productivity and Economic Growth
  • Regulatory Economics
  • Travel/Transportation/Tourism
  • Welfare Economics
  • Sustainable Development

Meanwhile, submissions aligned with the overall conference theme are also welcome.

Finance

  • Business Intelligence
  • Business Information Systems
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Digital Financial Intermediation
  • Finance & Investment
  • Financial Risks and Capital Flows
  • Global Business
  • International Finance
  • Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Finance Residential
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Housing Market
  • Real Estate Policy Reform
  • Green Finance

Business

  • Business Analysis
  • Techniques, Methodologies, and Models
  • Enterprise and Company Analysis
  • Requirements Planning and Management
  • Requirements Analysis and Documentation
  • Strategic Analysis and Design
  • Innovating
  • Vendor and Tools Track
  • Data Modeling
  • Business Process Modeling
  • Soft Skills and Competencies
  • Architectural Frameworks
  • Business Rules
  • Object-Oriented Analysis
  • Structured Analysis

Submission

All submitted papers should report original and unpublished work, experimental or theoretical, and are not under consideration for publications elsewhere. All papers should be no less than 4 pages in length and must strictly follow the format of the symposium template. All papers are subject to reviews and edits. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers that includes title, abstract, introduction, tables/figures and references. Other styles of papers are not accepted. Please submit your papers in both .doc/.docx AND .pdf formats as attachments via email to sympo_london@icftba.org by the given deadline. It is unnecessary to submit an abstract in advance.

Publication

Accepted papers of the symposium will be published in Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences (Print ISSN 2754-1169), and will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Google Scholar and other databases for indexing. The situation may be affected by factors among databases like processing time, workflow, policy, etc.

The papers will be exported to production and publication on a regular basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published online earlier.

This symposium is organized by ICFTBA 2025 and it will independently proceed the submission and publication process.

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