From Human Enablers to Algorithmic Replacements: An HR Reflection on Tech-Driven Talent Disruption in Vietnam’s Machinery Distribution Sector (1995–2025)

Nguyen Thi Cuc Hong; Premkumar Rajagopal

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72825

From Human Enablers to Algorithmic Replacements: An HR Reflection on Tech-Driven Talent Disruption in Vietnam’s Machinery Distribution Sector (1995–2025)

Author(s)	Dr. Nguyen Thi Cuc Hong, Prof. Dr. Premkumar Rajagopal
Country	Switzerland
Abstract	This study explores how human resource practices in the Vietnam machinery distribution industry have changed over the long run between 1995 and 2025 with alternative replacement processes that have been algorithmic as opposed to human enablers. The engineers with both technical and commercial skills were especially significant during the years 1995 and 2010 when there was a strong need to import high-technology machineries in Europe and the United States and integrate them into domestic industrialization. Nonetheless, since then, growing automation, digitalization, and algorithmic management have broken the historical HR paradigms, which have led to talent shortages and job insecurity in the field of engineers and technical employees. The study is based on Human Capital Theory and Socio-Technical Systems Theory and formulates a multi-level model of the relationship between the intensity of automation, technostress, and the outcomes of employability, mediated by the organizational reskilling strategies. The research utilizes a mixed-method design and incorporates firm-level HR data, interviews with previous and current engineers, and policy comparison. The results will show the dangers of algorithms replacing humans, as well as the opportunities of reskilling by the HR to maintain continuity in the talent. Relating these insights to the Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) the research adds to the discussions of the human face of the technological progress in the emerging economies. The paper will end with strategic advice on how the HR practitioners, policymakers and institutions of higher learning can equip the future technical talent with a digitized industrial environment besides providing inclusive development and minimise inequalities
Keywords	Human enablers; Algorithms replacement, Tech-Driven talent disruption, machinery distribution industry in Vietnam (1995-2025).
Field	Sociology
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-04-05
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72825

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