Empowering Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and the Moderating Effect of Individual Ambidexterity of Information Technology Workers

Kristina Kusanke, Till J. Winkler

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Abstract

Effective leadership is crucial for developing and sustaining ambidexterity, which involves engaging in both exploratory and exploitative activities. Empowering leadership behaviors, which foster trust and discipline to create engaged employees, have been identified as facilitators of contextual ambidexterity. However, there is still a lack of understanding of how individual outcomes are affected by these leadership styles in ambidextrous information technology (IT) work environments. This study investigates the impact of empowering leadership on job satisfaction among IT workers and whether the level of individual ambidexterity moderates this relationship. Analyzing survey data from 553 IT workers, we find a positive direct effect of empowering leadership on job satisfaction and, contrary to our hypothesis, a negative moderating effect of individual ambidexterity. Our study contributes to the leadership and ambidexterity literatures in Information Systems by highlighting the need for nuanced approaches to leadership in ambidextrous IT organizations.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelWirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings
RedaktørerDaniel Beverungen, Christiane Lehrer, Matthias Trier
Antal sider16
UdgivelsesstedWWW
ForlagAssociation for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publikationsdato2023
Artikelnummer145
StatusUdgivet - 2023
Begivenhed18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. WI 2023 - Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Tyskland
Varighed: 18 sep. 202321 sep. 2023
Konferencens nummer: 18
https://wi2023.de/

Konference

Konference18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. WI 2023
Nummer18
LokationUniversität Paderborn
Land/OmrådeTyskland
ByPaderborn
Periode18/09/202321/09/2023
Internetadresse
NavnWirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings
Vol/bind11

Emneord

  • Individual ambidexterity
  • Empowering leadership
  • Job satisfaction
  • Information technology (IT) worker

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