Does workplace digitalization matter in linking transformational leadership and innovative culture to employee engagement?
Journal of Organizational Change Management
; 36(2):197-216, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2316347
ABSTRACT
PurposeEngaged employees are an organization's competitive advantage because the employees are willing to strive for organizational excellence. This paper examines employee engagement (EE), taking workplace digitalization as the mediator. The authors developed an integrated framework introducing transformational leadership and innovative culture as EE antecedents in workplace digitalization settings. Specifically, the authors argue that transformational leadership and innovative culture influence EE directly and indirectly through workplace digitalization.Design/methodology/approachA total of 256 valid online-survey samples were used in the structural equation modeling (SEM) tests. The respondents were the management-level executives of Selangor/Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian companies.FindingsThe authors' findings support that workplace digitalization positively influences EE. Unlike transformational leadership, innovative culture positively influences workplace digitalization. Further, innovative culture directly affects EE and indirectly through workplace digitalization, albeit partially. Transformational leadership directly influences EE but is insignificant through workplace digitalization.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that organizations that wish to fast-track EE can cultivate an innovative culture to facilitate employees' acceptance of workplace digitalization and enhance EE.Originality/valueThe authors' research expands the interdisciplinary theoretical foundation on how employees' perception and acceptance of workplace digitalization add to EE by highlighting the roles of transformational leaders and innovative culture. The authors' research is among the first few investigating how transformational leadership and innovative culture affect EE in the presence of workplace digitalization. The authors also discussed workplace digitalization as a mediator to innovative culture–EE relationships.
Business And Economics--Management; Transformational leadership; Innovative culture; Workplace digitalization; Employee engagement; Innovations; Social exchange theory; Corporate culture; Strategic management; Hypotheses; Pandemics; Employee involvement; Medical research; Organizational change; Leadership; Coronaviruses; Influence; Digital technology; COVID-19
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Journal of Organizational Change Management
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2023
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