Cheng Zian, Jin Xiu, Kwak Won Jun
Department of Business Administration, Gachon University, South Korea.
Department of Business Administration, Gachon University, South Korea.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2025 May;255:104963. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104963. Epub 2025 Mar 30.
In the era of digital transformation, the role of digital leadership in companies is continuously demanded and its importance is increasingly emphasized. In relation to such research background, this study focuses on digital leadership, a new form of leadership rather than traditional leadership as suggested in previous studies, as a way to promote organizational sustainability and provide the moderated mediation model for organizational sustainability in a rapidly changing innovative business environment in the digital age. The main contribution of this study is to fill the gap in previous research and expand the research field on leadership types and organizational sustainability. To achieve our research goals, we conduct empirical study and the questionnaire was distributed to 552 organizational members from Chinese small and medium-sized information technology enterprises. The results presented that digital leadership had positive influence on digital organizational culture, digital capability, and Organizational sustainability. In addition, digital organizational culture and digital capability significantly mediated the relationship between digital leadership and organizational sustainability. Absorptive capacity significantly moderated the mediating effect of digital capability between digital leadership and organizational sustainability. Finally, innovation atmosphere significantly moderated the impact of digital organizational culture on organizational sustainability. The result indicates that digital leadership significantly enhances organizational sustainability both directly and indirectly through digital capabilities and digital organizational culture. Furthermore, absorptive capacity and innovation atmosphere positively moderate these relationships, with high levels of absorptive capacity and innovation atmosphere amplifying the impact of digital leadership on sustainability. This study contributes to the literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms through which digital leadership drives organizational sustainability, offering practical insights for SMEs undergoing digital transformation.
在数字转型时代，企业中数字领导力的作用不断受到关注，其重要性也日益凸显。基于这样的研究背景，本研究聚焦于数字领导力，这是一种新型领导力，而非以往研究中提及的传统领导力，旨在促进组织可持续发展，并为数字时代快速变化的创新商业环境下的组织可持续性提供有调节的中介模型。本研究的主要贡献在于填补以往研究的空白，拓展领导力类型与组织可持续性的研究领域。为实现研究目标，我们开展了实证研究，向中国中小型信息技术企业的552名组织成员发放了问卷。结果表明，数字领导力对数字组织文化、数字能力和组织可持续性具有积极影响。此外，数字组织文化和数字能力显著中介了数字领导力与组织可持续性之间的关系。吸收能力显著调节了数字能力在数字领导力与组织可持续性之间的中介作用。最后，创新氛围显著调节了数字组织文化对组织可持续性的影响。结果表明，数字领导力通过数字能力和数字组织文化直接和间接地显著增强了组织可持续性。此外，吸收能力和创新氛围对这些关系具有正向调节作用，高水平的吸收能力和创新氛围会放大数字领导力对可持续性的影响。本研究通过全面理解数字领导力推动组织可持续性的机制，为正在进行数字转型的中小企业提供了实践见解，从而对相关文献做出了贡献。
