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This study aims to investigate the impact of CEOs' general managerial skills on firms\u2019 digital transformation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Drawing on upper echelons theory and the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF), this study integrates insights from the CEO\u2019s general managerial skills, i.e. a form of decision-makers\u2019 cognitive bias, and its interactions with different types of behavioral heuristics including performance feedback and financial slack in the strategic decision of firms\u2019 digital transformation. Employing a panel dataset of China\u2019s A-share listed firms from 2007 to 2023, we conduct empirical research by using standard two-way fixed effects regressions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We find that CEOs\u2019 general managerial skills have a positive impact on firms\u2019 digital transformation, in which there are three mechanisms including digital cognition, risk-taking and coordination mechanisms. Furthermore, we offer a contingent framework based on the perspective of BTOF. We find that performance shortfalls strengthen the positive impact of CEOs\u2019 general managerial skills on firms\u2019 digital transformation, while performance surplus and financial slack weaken this impact.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study expands the literature on the driver of firms\u2019 digital transformation by investigating the impact of CEOs\u2019 general managerial skills on firms\u2019 digital transformation and helps to understand firms\u2019 digital transformation decisions more comprehensively from the perspective of CEOs\u2019 previous experience. We offer new insight into digital transformation by emphasizing the interaction impacts of the CEO\u2019s general managerial skills and firms\u2019 performance feedback and financial slack.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jeim-10-2024-0598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,14]],"date-time":"2025-04-14T09:39:21Z","timestamp":1744623561000},"page":"1492-1513","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["How do CEOs' general managerial skills affect firms' digital transformation? 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