Digital leadership: a systematic literature review and future research agenda

Qin Lin
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PurposeIn view of the increasing exploration and scattered literature on digital leadership, this study aims to clarify the concept, characteristics and structure of digital leadership, identify its focus research themes and further determine future research directions in this field.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is adopted in this study using 53 academic documents published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, which comprehensively combs and analyzes the research achievements.FindingsThe key characteristics of digital leadership are vision motivation, digital empowerment, innovation and entrepreneurship, cross-boundary collaboration and dynamic adaptation. Digital strategic thinking, digital insight, digital change and digital talent development are the core dimensions of digital leadership. Besides, there are three main research topics: the application of digital leadership in certain contexts including school education, government governance and business management; the development of digital leadership scale within diverse contexts; and the effectiveness of digital leadership at the organizational, team and individual levels. Digital leadership has a positive role in organizational change and innovation, team effectiveness, and employee creativity and innovation behavior.Originality/valueThis study helps to clarify the connotation of digital leadership and its research progress, status and gaps, which contributes to the thorough knowledge system in the digital leadership area and the promising avenues for future research.
数字化领导力:系统文献综述与未来研究议程
设计/方法/途径本研究采用系统的文献综述方法,利用发表在同行评审期刊和会议论文集上的53篇学术文献,对研究成果进行了全面梳理和分析。研究结果数字化领导力的主要特征是愿景激励、数字化赋权、创新创业、跨界合作和动态适应。数字化战略思维、数字化洞察力、数字化变革和数字化人才培养是数字化领导力的核心维度。此外,还有三个主要研究课题:数字化领导力在学校教育、政府治理和企业管理等特定情境中的应用;数字化领导力在不同情境中的规模发展;数字化领导力在组织、团队和个人层面的有效性。数字领导力在组织变革与创新、团队效能、员工创造力与创新行为等方面具有积极作用。原创性/价值本研究有助于厘清数字领导力的内涵及其研究进展、现状与差距,有助于完善数字领导力领域的知识体系,并为未来研究提供有前景的途径。
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