Abstract: This research investigates the influence of platform leadership on employee’s change readiness. Drawing upon social information processing theory and identity theory, a model illustrating the impact of platform leadership on employee’s change readiness is developed. The analysis includes the moderating and mediating effects of a caring ethical atmosphere and role identification on this model. Empirical findings indicate that platform leadership significantly and positively affects employee change readiness. Role identification partially mediates the influence of platform leadership on employee change readiness. Moreover, a caring ethical atmosphere negatively moderates the relationship between platform leadership and employee change readiness, as well as between platform leadership and role identification, concurrently regulating the indirect effect of platform leadership on employee change readiness through role identification.