This research aims to present a synopsis of four eminent theoretical concepts that scholars have expended to help understand how digitalisation has changed the workplace as we used to know it. The research is based on a conceptual approach. It aims to critically synthesise the relevant literature as the principal methodology for analysing work in the selected four research domains where the perspective on digital work is most controversial. The study shows two central chronicles that have emerged due to workplace digitalisation - utopian and dystopian perspectives. The research sheds light on controversial discourses regarding changing nature of work in the digital era, particularly concerning work polarisation, non-standard employment, unemployment and platform work. The study also provides guidelines for change that help minimise the dark side and harm to the worker of digitalisation by developing appropriate capabilities for the new digital environment.

本研究旨在概述四个著名的理论概念，学者们用这些概念来帮助理解数字化如何改变了我们过去所知道的工作场所。该研究基于概念方法。它旨在批判性地综合相关文献，作为分析选定的四个研究领域中工作的主要方法，在这些领域中，数字工作的观点最具争议。该研究显示了由于工作场所数字化而出现的两个主要编年史 - 乌托邦和反乌托邦的观点。该研究揭示了关于数字时代工作性质变化的争议性讨论，特别是关于工作两极分化、非标准就业、失业和平台工作。