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

Ahmed, Farooq, Naqshbandi, M. Muzamil, Waheed, Mehwish, Ain, Noor ul·2024·Management Decision
DOI 10.1108/md-04-2023-0654
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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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Authors
Ahmed, F., Naqshbandi, M. M., Waheed, M., & Ain, N. U.
Affiliations
  • University of Malaya (MY)
  • Universiti Brunei Darussalam (BN)
  • Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
  • Pôle Léonard de Vinci (FR)
Corresponding author
Naqshbandi, M. Muzamil
ORCID
Venue
Management Decision
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2024-05-29
Volume
62
Issue
11
Pages
3607-3632
ISSN
0025-1747 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/md-04-2023-0654
OpenAlex
W4399134270
Cited by
59
References
87
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 2
FWCI
29.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies (tdm)
Locations
  • Management Decision (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Corporate Management and Leadership
Keywords
digital leadership, innovative behavior, leader-member exchange, learning orientation, innovation ability, social exchange theory, moderating effect, automotive industry workers, organizational innovation

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