TY  - JOUR
TI  - Assessing the preparedness of the textile sector for implementing Industry 4.0: An organisational culture perspective
AU  - Mureed, Abbas
AU  - Qaiser, Saleem Muhammad
AU  - Nadeem, Mufti
AU  - Hussain, Amjad
AU  - Rukhsana, Kausar
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - Current research highlights the importance of an appropriate organisational culture (OC) for successfully implementing
Industry 4.0 (I4.0), suggesting that overlooking OC may impede organisations from fully leveraging and maintaining the
benefits of I4.0. Although there is an agreement on the characteristics of suitable OC for I4.0, methodologies to evaluate
organisational readiness from an OC perspective are needed. Our study aims to assess the preparedness of
organisations for implementing I4.0. Through an extensive literature review, we identified the suitable OC for I4.0,
gauged the currently prevailing primary perceived OC, and evaluated the preparedness of the selected sector for
implementing I4.0. Utilising data collected from Pakistan’s textile sector (PTS), the research employs a cross-sectional
survey utilising the Competing Values Framework (CVF). After an extensive literature review, the study found that an
OC with dominant adhocracy culture profile traits is well-suited for implementing I4.0. However, the data from 162 textile
organisations reveal that the perceived primary/dominant OC in PTS is the clan culture profile, with the control culture
profile being the least prevalent. The results indicate that the current prevailing OC characteristics, as perceived by the
respondents, are not suitable for I4.0 implementation, indicating that the selected sector is not ready to implement I4.0
from an OC perspective. This study is unique in its systematic approach, adapting the CVF to evaluate perceived OC
for I4.0 readiness in a developing economy using qualitative and quantitative methods. The approach may be applied
to different sectors and countries.
DA  - 2025/08/28/
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.35530/IT.076.04.2024124
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 76
IS  - 04
SP  - 501
EP  - 510
SN  - 12225347
ST  - Assessing the preparedness of the textile sector for implementing Industry 4.0
UR  - https://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2025/4/006%20ABBAS%20MUREED%20_%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.4_2025.pdf
Y2  - 2025/08/31/15:19:56
ER  -