Previous studies have shown that organizational change commitment has an important impact on the success or failure of change. However, the research on change commitment in the context of digital transformation is in its infancy. This study examines the cross-level mediating effect of organizational change perception and change commitment, and verifies the cross-level mediating effect of organizational empowerment on workplace psychological stress and change commitment. Based on the theory of cognition and adaptation, through 8 provinces and cities, 7 different industries, 388 middle and senior managers of digital transformation enterprises survey data,this paper explores the relationship among organizational change perception, psychological workplace stress and organizational change commitment, and investigates the moderating effect of organizational empowerment in these relationships from the perspective of incentive theory. The results show that: (1) perception of organizational change has a significant positive impact on employees' commitment to organizational change; (2) perception of organizational change not only directly affects employees' commitment to organizational change, but also indirectly affects employees' commitment to change through psychological workplace stress; (3) organizational empowerment is a significant positive moderating effect between workplace psychological stress and organizational change commitment. The results are helpful to grasp and understand the corresponding effects of employee change under the background of digital transformation, and have important reference significance for enterprises to carry out organizational change.There is a significant positive correlation between organizational change perception and organizational change commitment, and this relationship is mediated by workplace stress and organizational empowerment. 

Yonghua Zhou. Cross-level Analysis of Organizational Change Perception and Workplace Psychological Pressure on Commitment to Change. International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Management (2023), Vol. 4, Issue 1: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJSSEM.2023.040101.

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