Digital transformation is changing society and organizations. New digital technologies such as social media, cloud services, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, robotics, have a profound effect on the way people work, communicate, and collaborate, challenging managers across industries. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated this transformation, leading companies to develop digital products and services and integrate these technologies into new processes and organizational models. However, recent studies show that only 30% of companies succeed in achieving digital transformation. The main reasons why digital transformations fail are rarely technology characteristics per se. Most of the time, they are related to the people dimension. Indeed, addressing the digital transformation involves an organization-wide change and requires a deeper understanding of the human side of change. Moreover, a more sustainable, human-centred approach to digital transformation may increase benefits for people and organizations and contribute to creating a more inclusive workplace.
Despite the flourishing literature on digital transformation, we observe a dearth of contributions regarding how employees’ needs and expectations change with the digitalization of workplaces; how, why and when they enable or hinder the process of change; what are the main implications of digitalization on employees behaviours and outcomes.
This Research Topic is aimed to provide a virtual place for sharing the recent progress of research on digital transformation in the workplace, with a strong focus on human, social, managerial, and ethical aspects of the digital revolution. Specifically, we seek to gain a better understanding of how digital technologies affect and are affected by individuals, exploring the human side of digital transformation. We also aim to explore strategies, models, and practices that may facilitate the development of human-centric approaches to digital transformation. Accordingly, we aim to advance the field, offer avenues for future research, and provide guidance for practitioners.
The Research Topic is open to theoretical and empirical contributions from different scholars such as organizational and work psychologists, organizational and work sociologists, management, and organizational studies scholars interested in the human side of digital transformation. Contributions that rely on an interdisciplinary approach are also welcomed, to capture the complex and multi-faceted nature of this phenomenon.
Potential topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following issues:
- Antecedents and consequences of digital technologies implementation in the workplace
- Digital transformation and employee well-being
- Digital transformation and psychological contracts
- The role of line managers and co-workers in shaping employees’ reactions to digital transformation
- Digital technologies and virtual teams’ performance
- Digitalization, new skills and new roles
- The changing role of HR in the digital era
- HR practices implementation in the digitalized workplace
- Digitalization, recruitment, and selection processes
- Digitalization and new career models
- Digitalization and new leadership mindsets
- Digital transformation and remote working
- Cross-cultural and intercultural aspects of digital transformation in the workplace
- Digital transformation, organizational culture, work-meanings and identities
- Ethical issues of digital transformation in the workplace
- Humanistic management perspective and digital transformation
- Meaningful jobs in the digital era
Digital transformation is changing society and organizations. New digital technologies such as social media, cloud services, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, robotics, have a profound effect on the way people work, communicate, and collaborate, challenging managers across industries. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated this transformation, leading companies to develop digital products and services and integrate these technologies into new processes and organizational models. However, recent studies show that only 30% of companies succeed in achieving digital transformation. The main reasons why digital transformations fail are rarely technology characteristics per se. Most of the time, they are related to the people dimension. Indeed, addressing the digital transformation involves an organization-wide change and requires a deeper understanding of the human side of change. Moreover, a more sustainable, human-centred approach to digital transformation may increase benefits for people and organizations and contribute to creating a more inclusive workplace.
Despite the flourishing literature on digital transformation, we observe a dearth of contributions regarding how employees’ needs and expectations change with the digitalization of workplaces; how, why and when they enable or hinder the process of change; what are the main implications of digitalization on employees behaviours and outcomes.
This Research Topic is aimed to provide a virtual place for sharing the recent progress of research on digital transformation in the workplace, with a strong focus on human, social, managerial, and ethical aspects of the digital revolution. Specifically, we seek to gain a better understanding of how digital technologies affect and are affected by individuals, exploring the human side of digital transformation. We also aim to explore strategies, models, and practices that may facilitate the development of human-centric approaches to digital transformation. Accordingly, we aim to advance the field, offer avenues for future research, and provide guidance for practitioners.
The Research Topic is open to theoretical and empirical contributions from different scholars such as organizational and work psychologists, organizational and work sociologists, management, and organizational studies scholars interested in the human side of digital transformation. Contributions that rely on an interdisciplinary approach are also welcomed, to capture the complex and multi-faceted nature of this phenomenon.
Potential topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following issues:
- Antecedents and consequences of digital technologies implementation in the workplace
- Digital transformation and employee well-being
- Digital transformation and psychological contracts
- The role of line managers and co-workers in shaping employees’ reactions to digital transformation
- Digital technologies and virtual teams’ performance
- Digitalization, new skills and new roles
- The changing role of HR in the digital era
- HR practices implementation in the digitalized workplace
- Digitalization, recruitment, and selection processes
- Digitalization and new career models
- Digitalization and new leadership mindsets
- Digital transformation and remote working
- Cross-cultural and intercultural aspects of digital transformation in the workplace
- Digital transformation, organizational culture, work-meanings and identities
- Ethical issues of digital transformation in the workplace
- Humanistic management perspective and digital transformation
- Meaningful jobs in the digital era
