Journal of Information Technology
Document Type
Research Article
Abstract
Digital transformation fundamentally changes the way individuals conduct work in organisations. In accordance with this statement, prevalent literature understands digital workplace transformation as a second-order effect of implementing new information technology to increase organisational effectiveness or reach other strategic goals. This paper, in contrast, provides empirical evidence from two remote-first organisations that undergo a proactive rather than reactive digital workplace transformation. The analysis of these cases suggests that new ways of working can be the consequence of an identity change that is a precondition for introducing new information technology rather than its outcome. The resulting process model contributes a competing argument to the existing debate in digital transformation literature. Instead of issuing digital workplace transformation as a deliverable of technological progress and strategic goals, this paper supports a notion of digital workplace transformation that serves a desired identity based on work preferences.
DOI
10.1177/02683962231219516
Recommended Citation
Brünker, Felix; Marx, Julian; Mirbabaie, Milad; and Stieglitz, Stefan
(2024)
"Proactive digital workplace transformation: Unpacking identity change mechanisms in remote-first organisations,"
Journal of Information Technology: Vol. 39:
Iss.
4, Article 4.
DOI: 10.1177/02683962231219516
Available at:
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jit/vol39/iss4/4