Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2024 Dec 1;10(23):e40839.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40839. eCollection 2024 Dec 15.

How does digital leadership boost competitive performance? The role of digital culture, affective commitment, and strategic agility

Md Alamgir Mollah  1 , Ibrahim  1 , Abdullah Al Masud  1 , Md Sohel Chowdhury  1
Affiliations

How does digital leadership boost competitive performance? The role of digital culture, affective commitment, and strategic agility

Md Alamgir Mollah et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

In the age of the digital revolution, businesses are working to become more sustainable. Specifically, when management settings change-which is closely tied to competitive performance-leadership is evolving into digital leadership. Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) theory, this study focused on finding the interconnection between digital leadership (DL) and competitive performance (CP), as well as the mediating roles of affective commitment (AC) and digital culture (DC), including the moderating effects of strategic agility (SA).To find the results of the investigation, a total 233 sample data points were gathered from employees working in manufacturing and service organizations. The research hypotheses were tested using path analysis with the AMOS-24 program. The findings indicated that DL had no direct impact on CP. While digital culture has no mediation effect but affective commitment has a full mediation effect on the relationship between DL and CP, it also found that SA hasn't played any reinforcing role in the connection between DL and CP. This study contributes to the literature on affective commitment by stressing the role of digital leaders, DC, and AC in predicting long-term CP. In addition, this study adds value to the existing literature on dynamic capabilities and RBV theory by providing evidence for the role of DL in CP. As leadership leads, dynamic capabilities can play a crucial role in managing changing culture, affective commitment, and strategic thinking for CP in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Affective commitment; Competitive performance; Digital culture; Digital leadership; Strategic agility.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Research model.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Measurement model.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Path model showing standardized coefficients.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Moderation analysis.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Al-Husban D.A.O., Almarshad M.N.D., Altahrawi M.A. Digital leadership and organization's performance:The mediating role of innovation capability. Int. J. Enterpren. 2021;25:1–16.
    1. Al-Omush A., Momany M.T., Hannoon A., Anwar M. Digitalization and sustainable competitive performance in small–medium enterprises: a moderation mediation model. Sustainability. 2023;15:1–22. doi: 10.3390/su152115668. - DOI
    1. Shin J., Mollah A., Choi J. Sustainability and organizational performance in South Korea: the effect of digital leadership on digital culture and employees' digital capabilities. Sustainability. 2023:1–15. doi: 10.3390/su15032027. - DOI
    1. Sagbas M., Oktaysoy O., Topcuoglu E., Kaygin E., Erdogan F.A. The mediating role of innovative behavior on the effect of digital leadership on intrapreneurship intention and job performance. Behav. Sci. 2023;13:1–20. doi: 10.3390/bs13100874. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Vasilescu M.D., Serban A.C., Dimian G.C., Aceleanu M.I., Picatoste X. Digital divide, skills and perceptions on digitalisation in the European Union—towards a smart labour market. PLoS One. 2020;15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232032. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources