2025/11/01 by Christian Sciuk, Simon Engert, Maren Gierlich-Joas +2 · 2 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Digital Innovation in Industries #Digital Transformation in Industry #Digital strategy #Digital transformation #Educational Leadership and Innovation #Process (computing) #Qualitative research #Transformation (genetics) #Transformative learning
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/00081256251377811
published in California Management Review 68(1), 5-31 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2025/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Digital technologies’ transformative impact continues to disrupt businesses. Despite digital transformation’s crucial role in shaping organizations’ future competitiveness, many companies still grapple with navigating their digital journey. To guide managers in realizing their digital ambitions, this article reports on a qualitative meta-synthesis of the digital transformation journeys of 64 companies, culminating in a process model that captures the complexity of digital transformation. The model provides practitioners with a framework for assessing the progress of their digital transformation journey. In addition, the article outlines actionable recommendations for managing companies’ digital endeavors.