Elon Musk is expected to confirm his desire to own Twitter Inc. TWTR, +2.07%  when he speaks to the social-media company’s employees on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The billionaire Tesla Inc. TSLA, +5.48%  chief executive is slated to answer pre-submitted employee questions for roughly an hour at a virtual Twitter all-hands meeting Thursday morning West Coast time, the person said. In addition to reiterating his interest in owning the company and his view of its importance in the world, Musk is likely to clarify recent comments about remote work and touch on aspects of his strategy for Twitter, including the role of advertising and subscriptions.