Location
Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
Event Website
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/
Start Date
7-1-2025 12:00 AM
End Date
10-1-2025 12:00 AM
Description
This study examines the moderating effect of technological support on the relationship between top executives' empowering leadership and employees' informational support, and how this relationship drives organizational innovation. Using a SEM bootstrapping approach on a large dyadic leader-employee sample, we show that employee informational support fully mediates the effect of empowering leadership on organizational innovation. Our results show that high levels of technological support significantly strengthen this relationship, underscoring the critical role of a robust technological infrastructure in enhancing leadership effectiveness. These findings challenge the "one-size-fits-all" leadership model and highlight the need to align leadership strategies with technological capabilities. By advocating for stronger leadership in virtual work environments, our study provides actionable insights for fostering innovation, in line with HICSS 2025's focus on the interplay between technology and organizational behavior. This research offers valuable contributions to both academia and practice, emphasizing the strategic integration of technology into leadership approaches.
Recommended Citation
Groß, Matthias and Gehlen, Jana, "Harnessing Technological Support: Amplifying Top-Level Empowering Leadership to Drive Innovation" (2025). Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2025 (HICSS-58). 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-58/cl/distributed_collaboration/6
Harnessing Technological Support: Amplifying Top-Level Empowering Leadership to Drive Innovation
Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
This study examines the moderating effect of technological support on the relationship between top executives' empowering leadership and employees' informational support, and how this relationship drives organizational innovation. Using a SEM bootstrapping approach on a large dyadic leader-employee sample, we show that employee informational support fully mediates the effect of empowering leadership on organizational innovation. Our results show that high levels of technological support significantly strengthen this relationship, underscoring the critical role of a robust technological infrastructure in enhancing leadership effectiveness. These findings challenge the "one-size-fits-all" leadership model and highlight the need to align leadership strategies with technological capabilities. By advocating for stronger leadership in virtual work environments, our study provides actionable insights for fostering innovation, in line with HICSS 2025's focus on the interplay between technology and organizational behavior. This research offers valuable contributions to both academia and practice, emphasizing the strategic integration of technology into leadership approaches.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-58/cl/distributed_collaboration/6