EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON INNOVATION CAPABILITIES: AN INTEGRATED MULTI-CONSTRUCT MODE
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The fast-paced development of online technologies has increased the demand of effective leadership that can promote innovation in an organization. This paper focuses on analyzing how digital leadership roles are impacted on organizational innovation capabilities based on an integrated multi-construct model. Digital leadership is theorized as having five different roles, which are inspirational, innovation oriented, uncertainty management, adaptation, and visionary. The research design utilized was a quantitative research design and data was gathered through a structured questionnaire of 204 C - level executives working in the digitally intensive organizations. Pearson correlation and linear regression procedures were used to test the hypotheses put forward. Based on the results all five digital leadership roles are statistically significant and have positive influence on innovation capabilities. It is worth mentioning that the visionary role turned out to be the most powerful predictor, after which there are the roles of uncertainty management and adaptation. These findings indicate that the statement of a clear digital vision is very essential in enhancing organizational innovation ability. The research contributes to the body of literature on digital leadership by showing that the role of leadership supports innovation development asymmetrically instead of in a homogenous manner. All relationships suggested were supported empirically. Offering a well-polished role-based typology, the study offers some theoretical understanding as well as practical directions to leaders who will aim to accelerate the level of innovation performance in dynamic digital settings.
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