Digital Culture, Knowledge, and Commitment to Digital Transformation and Its Impact on the Competitiveness of Portuguese Organizations

António Cardoso (), Manuel Sousa Pereira, José Carlos Sá, Daryl John Powell, Silvia Faria and Miguel Magalhães
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António Cardoso: Department of Business and Communication Sciences (DBCS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4294-004 Porto, Portugal
Manuel Sousa Pereira: Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 4930-600 Valença, Portugal
José Carlos Sá: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto-ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
Daryl John Powell: Department of Product and Production Development, SINTEF Manufacturing AS, 2830 Raufoss, Norway
Silvia Faria: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies (REMIT), Portucalense University, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
Miguel Magalhães: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies (REMIT), Portucalense University, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-25

Abstract: This study aimed to understand the impact of digital culture on companies’ knowledge and constant commitment to digital transformation, as well as its impact on organizations as a whole. Secondly, it aimed to explore the impact of digital technology adoption on organizational performance and competitiveness. Finally, the study investigated the role of knowledge management during digital transformation. A quantitative study was developed using a descriptive design. A questionnaire was developed on pre-test was carried out withon 15 participants and since no doubts or difficulties were detected, it was made available on the internet between January and April 2022. A total of 291 questionnaires were collected and validated. Data were imported from Google Forms for analysis in SPSS, version 25.0, andSmartPLS ® 4.0 software. The questionnaire revealed good internal consistency (α = 0.922). Ten of the twelve hypotheses were confirmed, that is, the existence of positive and significant relationships between digital culture (DC) and knowledge of digital transformation (KDT); DC and adoption of digital technologies (ADT); DC and knowledge management (KM); commitment (C) and KDT; C and productivity (P); KDT and ADT; ADT and KM; ADT and P; ADT and C; and P and C. The results of regression analyses showed that the variables that contributed to the model (“competitiveness of organizations”) were productivity, the adoption of digital technologies, commitment to digital technologies, and knowledge management. The variables CD and KDT (Knowledge of digital transformation) presented lower and non-significant values.

Keywords: digital culture; commitment; knowledge of digital transformation; adoption of digital technologies; knowledge management; productivity; competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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