Digital leadership and innovative work behavior: impact of LMX, learning orientation and innovation capabilities
ISSN: 0025-1747
Article publication date: 29 May 2024
Issue publication date: 11 December 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Grounded in the Social Exchange theory, this study focuses on the perception of digital leadership and innovative work behaviors. It also examines the complex effects of leader-member exchange, learning orientation, and innovation capabilities.
Design/methodology/approach
We undertake a quantitative approach using a two-wave longitudinal field survey of 440 employees and managers from various backgrounds working in the automobile industry in France.
Findings
The findings based on Structural Equation Modeling reveal that the perception of digital leadership leads to innovative work behavior while leader-member exchange moderates between the perception of digital leadership and learning orientation. The findings also support the mediating roles of learning orientation and innovation capabilities.
Originality/value
The study contributes important policy suggestions, raises queries for additional investigation, and suggests theoretical and practical implications for leadership and organizational environmental factors to foster innovative work behaviors in organizations.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the reviewers and the editor for their valuable comments during the review process.
Citation
Ahmed, F., Naqshbandi, M.M., Waheed, M. and Ain, N.u. (2024), "Digital leadership and innovative work behavior: impact of LMX, learning orientation and innovation capabilities", Management Decision, Vol. 62 No. 11, pp. 3607-3632. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-04-2023-0654
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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