Temporality foundations impacting the speed of change in digital transformation

Abstract

Digital transformation (DT) refers to changes to organizational properties that are shaped by the application of digital technologies. Extant studies on DT have largely focused on which properties are changed and the extent of the changes. Not much attention has been paid to the temporality dimensions of DT. This paper suggests that the number of properties impacted, the level of an organization’s digital technology capability, and the order in which changes are implemented may influence the speed of DT. Additionally, this paper also points out that the strength of the interdependencies among organization properties can also affect the duration of DT. The implications of the study are also discussed.