Alma Çallı, B., Özşahin, M., Coşkun, E., Rıfat Arık, A. (2022). Do Generative Leadership and Digital Literacy of Executive Management Help Flourishing Micro and Small Business Digital Maturity?. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 11(3), 307-332. doi: 10.33844/ijol.2022.60332
Büşra Alma Çallı; Mehtap Özşahin; Erman Coşkun; Ahmet Rıfat Arık. "Do Generative Leadership and Digital Literacy of Executive Management Help Flourishing Micro and Small Business Digital Maturity?". International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 11, 3, 2022, 307-332. doi: 10.33844/ijol.2022.60332
Alma Çallı, B., Özşahin, M., Coşkun, E., Rıfat Arık, A. (2022). 'Do Generative Leadership and Digital Literacy of Executive Management Help Flourishing Micro and Small Business Digital Maturity?', International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 11(3), pp. 307-332. doi: 10.33844/ijol.2022.60332
Alma Çallı, B., Özşahin, M., Coşkun, E., Rıfat Arık, A. Do Generative Leadership and Digital Literacy of Executive Management Help Flourishing Micro and Small Business Digital Maturity?. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 2022; 11(3): 307-332. doi: 10.33844/ijol.2022.60332

Do Generative Leadership and Digital Literacy of Executive Management Help Flourishing Micro and Small Business Digital Maturity?

International Journal of Organizational Leadership
Article 4, Volume 11, Issue 3, Summer 2022, Page 307-332  XML PDF (691 K)
DOI: 10.33844/ijol.2022.60332
Authors
Büşra Alma Çallı orcid 1; Mehtap Özşahin2; Erman Coşkun3; Ahmet Rıfat Arık2
1Management Information Systems Department, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
2Management Department, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey
3Management Information Systems Department, Izmir Bakırçay University, İzmir, Turkey
Abstract
Today, every firm and organization must digitally transform in order to survive and deal with increasing competition and dynamic market conditions. Digital transformation is not easy to achieve, and many factors play an important role in the successful digital transformation of firms. Leaders' leadership styles and characteristics play a crucial role in digital transformation. This study examines the effects of generative leadership and digital literacy of executive management on the digital maturity of micro and small firms based on the Upper Echelons Theory. Sub-dimensions of digital maturity are also considered and searched to provide a more detailed analysis.  The research utilized a survey method and was conducted with 121 upper, middle, and first-line managers of 93 micro and small-size firms operating in the Marmara Region of Turkey. Frequency, factor, regression, and validity and reliability analyses through the SPSS package program were used. The results are two folds. First, generative leadership and digital literacy of executive management help flourish digital maturity when searched independently. Second, the study results indicate that the digital literacy of executive managers has a mediating effect on the relationship between generative leadership and digital maturity. Furthermore, the study proves the mediating effect on digital maturity's technological, strategic, and cultural maturity sub-dimensions.  With these findings in micro and small businesses, the study comprehensively contributes to the current knowledge in this domain.
Keywords
Digital maturity; Generative Leadership; Digital literacy of executive management
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