Amidst growing demands for more democratic forms of organizing, we argue that better un- derstanding the origins of transformational leadership theory offers a way forward. Trans- formational leadership theory, originally developed by American political scientist James MacGregor Burns in the late 1970s, is the best-known and most influential leadership theory in management studies. Transf…
Digital leadership involves dealing with complex challenges and anticipating trends that arise from emerging technologies. Amid the accelerated pace of digital transformation, consequences such as technostress have become apparent to organizations and their leaders. Emotional intelligence (EI) is an essential characteristic for enabling digital leaders to hone the necessary skills to lesse…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have permitted their employees to work from anywhere, giving rise to the phenomenon of the digital workplace, which enables employees to do their work by connecting, communicating, and collaborating with other employees. Organizations’ dynamic capa- bilities play a major role in enabling this transformation of the workplace. As…
This study draws upon the self-determination theory and the ambidexterity theory to explore the microfoundations of task performance; in particular, it examines the effect of job autonomy on task performance. While prior studies already supported the existence of a relationship between autonomy and task performance, in this research we advance the thesis that such a re- lationship is influ…
Digitalisation in cities offers new opportunities and challenges for city planners and managers to re-shape their roles and create public value through responsible innovation. However, there is a lack of understanding of the competency requirements to foster leadership capacity for digital innovation with social coherence and responsibility. Based on a socio-technical perspective, this pa…
The survival of an organization in the contemporary competitive and dynamic global business environment is associated with its creative workforce. This study explores the impact of transformational leadership (TL) and employee adaptiveness on workforce creativity. The mediating role of employee adaptiveness and the moderating role of knowledge sharing has also been tested. A simple random s…