This study develops a theoretically grounded understanding of Industry 5.0 (IR5) and proposes an integrative framework to clarify its organisational implications for leading change in digitally transforming socio-technical environments.
The study employs a structured integrative review of 160 peer-reviewed articles and seven institutional reports, guided by socio-technical systems theory, to inform the analysis.
This study offers a new, concise definition of Industry 5.0 (IR5) as a socially constructed framework that reconfigures industrial systems by embedding the principles of human-centricity, sustainability and resilience into advanced digitalisation. It introduces the IR5 CPC model (conditions-processes-consequences), a comprehensive framework identifying key enabling conditions (e.g. visionary leadership and digital readiness), three digitalisation logics (resilience, sustainability and well-being-driven) and dual outcomes (benefits and risks) across organisational, economic, societal and environmental domains.
This study encourages empirical research on how AI- and ERP-based (enterprise resource planning) standard operating procedures (SOPs) facilitate IR5-aligned transformation. It also recommends multi-theoretical approaches to capture its socio-technical complexity.
This study facilitates change leaders in designing phased, ethically aware digital strategies and supports policymakers in aligning incentives and regulations with sustainable, inclusive digitalisation.
This is the first study to provide a theoretically integrated definition and framework of IR5, bridging fragmented literature and advancing future inquiry.
