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Digital leadership and innovative work behavior: impact of LMX, learning orientation and innovation capabilities

Farooq Ahmed (Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
M. Muzamil Naqshbandi (School of Business and Economics, University of Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Brunei Darussalam)
Mehwish Waheed (Universite Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, IMT-BS, LITEM, Evry-Courcouronnes, France)
Noor ul Ain (Leonard de Vinci Pole Universitaire, Research Center, La Defense, France)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 29 May 2024

Issue publication date: 11 December 2024

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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

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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