When support is important: A study of leaders with a fixed digital mindset and their employees' active usage or avoidance towards new technology – the mediating effect of perceived developmental supervisor support

Abstract

First and foremost, we would like to thank our eminent supervisor Elizabeth Solberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School. We could not have done this without all your help, support, flexibility and motivation. Solberg was always quick to answer all our various questions regarding SPSS, research or to help us when we were stuck. She also helped us make this thesis our own although some steering help was unavoidable. We are thankful for being introduced to digital mindsets and how mindsets affect our lives at a regular basis. In addition, we would like to thank all the 912 participants who took part in this survey to make it possible for us to write this thesis. Thank you for giving of your precious time. Also, a special thanks to those people in the Nordic Bank that helped us facilitate the data in the study.