1st Space Economy, Space Law and Space Sciences Symposium Proceedings Book

Abstract

OECD defines the space economy as “the full range of activities and the use of resources that create value and benefits to human beings in the course of exploring, researching, understanding, managing, and utilizing space”. Space economy has emerged as a concept whose importance is increasing day by day for countries. The concept of space economy has started to attract the attention of developing countries, especially in recent years. Thus, countries have started to allocate large budgets for the space economy. One of the most important reasons underlying this is that space technologies accelerate the technological developments in direct and indirect industries. The added value of the space economy on other sectors such as technology, production, geography, medicine is huge. On the other hand, progress in the space economy is undoubtedly closely related to human capital. In this context, finding, training, and employing innovative, creative, and proactive employees are vital for organizations. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to develop a holistic framework for the workforce of the space age considering the resource-based view and resource dependency theories. In this book chapter, human capital in the space economy, proactive personality, innovative workplace behaviors, and creativity were discussed. Also, various suggestions for businesses were discussed considering the theoretical frameworks.