Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to obtain deeper insights into employees’ intentional digital readiness to enable organizations’ digital transformation. In this context, the Employee Digitalization Acceptance Model (EDAM) was developed to investigate empowering leadership (EL), trust in management, and employees’ proactive personality and their growth mindset. Based on data of 1,145 employees of an internationally operating energy supplier, structural equation modeling revealed that relations between EL and employees’ intentional digital readiness are totally mediated by perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU). While EL in terms of autonomy support is positively related to intentional digital readiness, EL in terms of development support is negatively related. Furthermore, employees’ trust in management, their proactive personality, and growth mindset promote higher intentional digital readiness. Consequently, employees’ intentional digital readiness is not solely dependent on employees’ personality, since it can also be enhanced by EL and trust in management.
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