The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation Era

Organizations pursuing enduring success in the digital transformation era need to understand employee interactions with rapidly changing technologies. Our research introduces digital climate as a vital organizational climate subdimension that represents employee views about technology readiness, dig...

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Main Authors: Ziv Avtalion, Itzhak Aviv, Irit Hadar, Gil Luria, Oshri Bar-Gil
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10981739/
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description Organizations pursuing enduring success in the digital transformation era need to understand employee interactions with rapidly changing technologies. Our research introduces digital climate as a vital organizational climate subdimension that represents employee views about technology readiness, digital resources, and digital leadership. A Grounded Theory research method was used in a public government organization to conduct 25 semi-structured interviews, which uncovered three main digital climate dimensions, including User Digital Experience, Digital Process Efficiency, and Organization’s Digital Effectiveness. Employee involvement in digital tool selection and customization combined with workflow optimization and rapid technical support delivery leads to improved employee well-being through technostress reduction, burnout prevention, and job satisfaction enhancement. The research demonstrates how digital climate affects employee well-being, providing scholars and practitioners with tools to measure and control digital transformation’s impact on employee well-being for sustainable competitive advantage in contemporary workplaces and future development.
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spelling doaj-art-bd12305dd1ed4b038cddd1deca3cb17a2025-08-20T03:53:17ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113789927900610.1109/ACCESS.2025.356621110981739The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation EraZiv Avtalion0Itzhak Aviv1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-8957Irit Hadar2Gil Luria3Oshri Bar-Gil4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-6409School of Information Systems, Haifa University, Haifa, IsraelSchool of Information Systems, Haifa University, Haifa, IsraelSchool of Information Systems, Haifa University, Haifa, IsraelSchool of Information Systems, Haifa University, Haifa, Israelhe Program for Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, IsraelOrganizations pursuing enduring success in the digital transformation era need to understand employee interactions with rapidly changing technologies. Our research introduces digital climate as a vital organizational climate subdimension that represents employee views about technology readiness, digital resources, and digital leadership. A Grounded Theory research method was used in a public government organization to conduct 25 semi-structured interviews, which uncovered three main digital climate dimensions, including User Digital Experience, Digital Process Efficiency, and Organization’s Digital Effectiveness. Employee involvement in digital tool selection and customization combined with workflow optimization and rapid technical support delivery leads to improved employee well-being through technostress reduction, burnout prevention, and job satisfaction enhancement. The research demonstrates how digital climate affects employee well-being, providing scholars and practitioners with tools to measure and control digital transformation’s impact on employee well-being for sustainable competitive advantage in contemporary workplaces and future development.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10981739/Digital transformationemployee wellbeingorganizational climatedigital climate
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Digital transformation
employee wellbeing
organizational climate
digital climate
title The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation Era
title_full The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation Era
title_fullStr The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation Era
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title_short The Impact of Digital Climate on Employee Wellbeing in the Digital Transformation Era
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employee wellbeing
organizational climate
digital climate
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10981739/
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