{"title":"The Effects of Transformational and Adaptive Leadership on Dynamic Capabilities: Digital Transformation Projects","authors":"Judy Y. H. Huang, Randi Jiang, J. Chang","doi":"10.1177/87569728231165896","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Leadership must be leveraged at the management level to develop the capabilities needed to succeed in digital transformation projects, where complications arise due to technological novelty and environmental dynamics. Transformational leadership (TRL) and adaptive leadership (ADL) are proposed as successful approaches for managing changing behaviors and faster adaptation to new circumstances. Survey results demonstrate the positive influence of TRL on the three project dynamic capabilities. However, its impact on adaptive capability is weak. An interview study was conducted to explore the link between ADL and adaptive capability, providing an additional understanding of insignificant effects on innovative and absorptive capabilities.","PeriodicalId":47967,"journal":{"name":"Project Management Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":"428 - 446"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Project Management Journal","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728231165896","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Leadership must be leveraged at the management level to develop the capabilities needed to succeed in digital transformation projects, where complications arise due to technological novelty and environmental dynamics. Transformational leadership (TRL) and adaptive leadership (ADL) are proposed as successful approaches for managing changing behaviors and faster adaptation to new circumstances. Survey results demonstrate the positive influence of TRL on the three project dynamic capabilities. However, its impact on adaptive capability is weak. An interview study was conducted to explore the link between ADL and adaptive capability, providing an additional understanding of insignificant effects on innovative and absorptive capabilities.
期刊介绍:
Project Management Journal (PMJ) is the academic and research journal of the Project Management Institute and features state-of-the-art research, techniques, theories, and applications in project management.
Projects represent a growing population of human activity in large, small, private, and public organizations. Projects are used to execute and sustain today's organizational activities. They play a fundamental role as the engine of tomorrow's innovation, value creation, and strategic change. However, projects often fail to deliver their promise.
PMJ addresses these multiple challenges and opportunities by encouraging the development and application of novel theories, concepts, frameworks, research methods, and designs. PMJ embraces contributions both from within and beyond project management to augment and transform theory and practice.