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Publication date: 13 March 2017

Lirios Alos-Simo, Antonio J. Verdu-Jover and Jose-Maria Gomez-Gras

The purpose of this paper is to examine theoretically and empirically what type of leadership facilitates e-business adoption in large manufacturing firms. The digital…

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine theoretically and empirically what type of leadership facilitates e-business adoption in large manufacturing firms. The digital transformation of firms requires leadership that can promote the adaptive quality of organizational culture.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted an empirical study using two key informants from a sample of 181 incumbent firms.

Findings

The authors find significant evidence that adaptive culture is the vehicle by which transformational leaders positively influence e-business adoption.

Originality/value

Given the digital economy’s external pressures, many e-business adoption processes fail due to organizational factors originating in leadership and its capability to change followers’ values, norms, and motivations. To solve this problem, the authors propose a model that explains how transformational leadership first plays a key role in changing characteristics of culture and then facilitates e-business adoption.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 117 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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