A configurational synthesis reveals divergent employment outcomes in transitioning labor markets, indicating that job growth depends on institutional quality and regional digital capabilities.
Key Points
To examine why digital transformation generates divergent employment outcomes during green transitions across different institutional and economic contexts.
Conducted a systematic review and configurational synthesis of 50 studies published between 2015 and 2025.
Categorized digital transformation across three levels: firm-level capabilities, public digital governance, and regional digital infrastructure.
Employment outcomes rely on the alignment of institutional quality, digital capability, workforce skills, industrial structure, and innovation mechanisms.
Green innovation functions as a conditional pathway rather than a universal mediator of employment creation, producing four ideal-type governance configurations.