University of Twente Student Theses
Leaders Are People Too : Studying the Role of Leaders’ Affect during Digital Transformation
Ros, I.D. (2024) Leaders Are People Too : Studying the Role of Leaders’ Affect during Digital Transformation.
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| Abstract: | The pivotal role of both leaders and employees during digital transformation is apparent in current literature. However, the role of leaders’ state of affect in the context of employee individual readiness to change (IRTC) is absent. This study aims to provide insights into the relationship between leaders affect and employee IRTC, in the process enriching the current literature surrounding IRTC and the role of leaders affect as an antecedent. The study of four teams currently engaged with digital transformation was setup as an exploratory and inductive study, combined with a case study approach to gain insights into different teams and their respective dynamics. The findings indicate that leaders’ state of affect plays a significant role in shaping and influencing employee IRTC during digital transformation, mainly by the leaders purposely sharing positive and filtering negative affect when displaying affect towards employees. Resulting in a ‘displayed state of affect’ by the leaders, which moderates the relationship between employee cognitive and affective attitudes and their beliefs regarding the digital transformation. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | Business Administration MSc (60644) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104724 |
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