Monitoring and Evaluating Workforce Digital Transformation Skills Mastery : The Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Skills Assessment Instrument

Authors Machiel Bouwmans, Marissa Orlowski, Ran Zhang, Xander Lub
Publication date 2024
Research groups Organisations in Digital Transition
Type Lecture

Summary

Introduction: Digital technologies , such as big AI and cloud computing are driving digital transformation (DT) in organizations. The World Economic Forum ( reports that over 75% of organizations plan to adopt these technologies within five years, leading to a skills disruption as employees lack the necessary skills for DT. HRM departments are responsible for preparing their workforce for DT through reand upskilling initiatives (Ivaldi et al., 2022; Vereycken et al., To adapt HRM’s strategic talent management for tailored re and upskilling, insight is needed in workforce DT skills mastery. The objective of this study is to develop a validated instrument for measuring workforce DT skills mastery, building upon the Digital Transformations Skills Framework ( (Bouwmans et al., 2022, 2024). The instrument is a self assessment tool, allowing individuals to evaluate their proficiency across various skill dimensions.

On this publication contributed

  • Machiel Bouwmans | Researcher | Research group Vocational Education
    Machiel Bouwmans
    • Researcher
    • Research group: Organisations in Digital Transition
  • Ran Zhang
    Ran Zhang
    • Lecturer-researcher
    • Research group: Organisations in Digital Transition
  • Xander Lub
    Xander Lub
    • Professor
    • Research group: Organisations in Digital Transition

Language English
Key words digital transformation skills, HRM

Machiel Bouwmans

Machiel Bouwmans | Researcher | Research group Vocational Education

Machiel Bouwmans

  • Researcher
  • Research group: Organisations in Digital Transition