Leader digital mindset: Conceptualization and model construction

Abstract: "Not digitalizing is waiting for death, and digitalizing is seeking death" has become the biggest dilemma faced by many enterprises in the digital era. The main reasons are that leaders in organizations lack the basic cognition and underlying logic of digitalization, and the ability to predict the development trend of digitalization. Thus, it is critical to fully understand what leader digital mindset is and train leaders to have digital mindset and give full play to its effect. This study will first explore the conceptual connotations of leader digital mindset. Secondly, based on the trait activation theory, the influence of the interaction between external situational factors and internal self-factors on leader digital mindset is investigated. Finally, combined with the social information processing theory, this study explores the mechanism of leader digital mindset on team digital resilience. This study will promote the relevant research of leader digital mindset, expand and enrich the frontier issues in the field of leadership development. Also, this study will provide theoretical guidance and methodological guidance for organizations to cultivate leader digital mindset and for leaders to consciously train their own digital mindset.