REVIEW article
Front. Hum. Dyn.
Sec. Digital Impacts
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2025.1622625
Leveraging Digital Transformation in Hybrid Workplaces: Current Landscape, Underlying Challenges, and Future Prospects
Provisionally accepted
- 1Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou, China
- 2Cangzhou Jiaotong College, Cangzhou, China
- 3The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Abstract. Purpose. This review article discusses the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in the dynamics of innovation in hybrid workplaces. Its objectives include reviewing the literature on digital transformation, defining the challenges and drivers of innovation and providing guidance on how to optimize organizational interactions and diversity within technology-enabled working arrangements. Methods. This study adopts a systematic literature review approach to review the theoretical frameworks of digital transformation in management, hybrid work models, and cases. Technological, cultural, and organizational enablers and constraints are discussed, and success factors for innovation in ambidextrous organizations are highlighted. Findings. This study identifies three key enablers of innovation in hybrid workplaces, including effective communication platforms, adaptive leadership and a culture of adaptability. Conversely, barriers include resistance to change, gaps in digital literacy and challenges to inclusivity. Strategic investments in technology, employee training, and cross-functional collaboration have emerged as key recommendations for organizations to achieve digital transformation. Originality. This results addresses the literature gap by synthesizing knowledge on digital transformation with the effects of implementing a hybrid workplace. The suggested conceptual model focuses on practical recommendations for promoting innovation with reference to the technological and cultural challenges in today's workplaces. Implications. This study focuses on hybrid work patterns that may restrict their applicability in other work organizations, suggesting the need of further research in the direction of digital transformation's long-term effects on innovation. This study also provides practical managerial implications that outline possible directions for establishing effective hybrid work environments for organizations by investing in technology, leadership, and employees.
Keywords: digital transformation, Hybrid workplaces, Innovation management, Adaptive leadership, Employee engagement, Technology Adoption
Received: 04 May 2025; Accepted: 29 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Han, Wang and Bai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xiaohui Wang, xiaohuiwang@czjtu.edu.cn
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