Authors: Manisha Negi, Dr Geeta Rana

Abstract: Smart manufacturing (SM) as a paradigm under the industry 4.0 is essentially transforming the international industrial environment. Although the technological pillars of SM, namely the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are sufficiently documented, the human behavioral antecedents needed to harness the given technological advantages are an essential area of research missing. The current research examines how two behavioral constructs are influenced i.e. the Learning Commitment (LC) and Interpersonal Adaptability (IA) in the employees concerning the creation of Human Capital (HCC) in the SM industries. Since the present study is based on resource-based view and adaptive performance theories, it uses a quantitative research approach of a cross-sectional one. The number of respondents sampled was 287 professionals who are working at the manufacturing firms in Indonesia which actively implement the use of SM technologies. LC, IA, and HCC measurement scales were modified based on the existing scales and were tested in this particular situation. The analysis of the data was carried out by use of the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The outcome is strongly suggesting that not only Learning Commitment (= -0.381, p = 0.001) but also Interpersonal Adaptability (= -0.422, p = 0.001) instruments have positive significant effect over Human Capital Creation and their effect is stronger with IA. There is a relationship on HCC that is explained by the model with 51.2%. The conclusions made can be summarized thus: to achieve the goals of the successful human capital development in the complex, socio-technical setup of the SM, companies should have two packages in their strategy: establishing the culture of lifelong learning and becoming proactive to instill interpersonal plasticity in order to ensure fruitful human-human and human-machines interaction. The study is an empirically correct strategic human resource development framework that managers and policymakers have acquired in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17285864