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How to evaluate digital leadership: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Kevin Claassen, Dominique Rodil dos Anjos, Jan Kettschau, Horst Christoph Broding

Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

With the increasing digitalization of the working environment, the demands on managers are changing fundamentally to the point of an emerging field of research in digital leadership. Municipal administrations are particularly affected by the digital transformation processes. Therefore, a score to measure the construct of digital leadership competence in the context of virtual-based workstation was developed and tested.

Methods

Based on an online survey with n = 546 employees at virtual-based workstations in municipal administrations in 2020, the instrument is tested regarding selectivity (coefficients), dimensionality (principal component analysis), homogeneity (inter-product-moment correlations), reliability (Cronbach’s α) and construct validity (correlation with general leadership skills).

Results

The instrument can be considered selective, one-dimensional, homogeneous, reliable and constructively valid in the sense of the formulated hypotheses. By integrating the employees’ perspective, the instrument aims to be one of the first of its kind to initiate a scientific further discourse. Among other things, the categorization of the co-determination component as either traditional or digital leadership can be discussed.

Conclusions

The developed instrument for measuring digital leadership performs well concerning the aspects of discriminatory power, one-dimensionality, homogeneity, reliability as well as construct validity. It aims to induce further research and a scientific discourse on the topic of health-oriented leadership within the world of work 4.0.

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Title: How to evaluate digital leadership: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Kevin Claassen
Dominique Rodil dos Anjos
Jan Kettschau
Horst Christoph Broding
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-021-00335-x

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