How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective
How do leaders’ responses to the digital era affect new generation employees’ affective commitment? As digital leaders have led to new ways of distributing digital resources and building virtual relationships, employees are facing a shift in the way of interaction, which influences their affective r...
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| description | How do leaders’ responses to the digital era affect new generation employees’ affective commitment? As digital leaders have led to new ways of distributing digital resources and building virtual relationships, employees are facing a shift in the way of interaction, which influences their affective response to organizations. This study aims to understand how digital leaders interact with new generation employees to influence changes in employees’ affective commitment to organizations. We have developed a chain mediating model and tested it on data collected from 408 new generation employees working in China. Ultimately, we found that digital leadership is associated with more positive changes in new generation employees’ affective commitment. Furthermore, both employee empowerment and employee voice behavior mediate the relationship between digital leadership and affective commitment, forming a chain mediation mechanism in this relationship. We conclude with a discussion of theoretical implications and practical applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f90769b4237741e59fe2e822359204b52025-01-07T06:40:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14760471476047How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspectiveHongting Li0Futian Li1Junyi Ma2Bo Liu3School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, ChinaShanghai State Owned Assets and State Owned Enterprise Reform and Development Research Center, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, ChinaHow do leaders’ responses to the digital era affect new generation employees’ affective commitment? As digital leaders have led to new ways of distributing digital resources and building virtual relationships, employees are facing a shift in the way of interaction, which influences their affective response to organizations. This study aims to understand how digital leaders interact with new generation employees to influence changes in employees’ affective commitment to organizations. We have developed a chain mediating model and tested it on data collected from 408 new generation employees working in China. Ultimately, we found that digital leadership is associated with more positive changes in new generation employees’ affective commitment. Furthermore, both employee empowerment and employee voice behavior mediate the relationship between digital leadership and affective commitment, forming a chain mediation mechanism in this relationship. We conclude with a discussion of theoretical implications and practical applications.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1476047/fulldigital leadershipnew generation employeesaffective commitmentemployee voice behavioremployee empowerment |
| spellingShingle | Hongting Li Futian Li Junyi Ma Bo Liu How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective Frontiers in Psychology digital leadership new generation employees affective commitment employee voice behavior employee empowerment |
| title | How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective |
| title_full | How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective |
| title_fullStr | How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective |
| title_short | How digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees: an affective events perspective |
| title_sort | how digital leadership adds affective commitment of new generation employees an affective events perspective |
| topic | digital leadership new generation employees affective commitment employee voice behavior employee empowerment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1476047/full |
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