The Online Adapted Transformational Leadership and Workforce Innovation within the Software Development Industry
Abstract
:1. Theoretical Framework
1.1. Software Development Companies during COVID-19 Pandemic
1.2. Transformational Leadership Theoretical Specificities
2. Methodology
2.1. Measures
2.2. Research Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Hypothesis Testing and Validation
3.2. Theoretical Implications
3.3. Practical Implications
3.4. Study Limitations and Directions for Future Research
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Cronbach’s Alpha | rho_A | Composite Reliability | Average Variance Extracted (AVE) | |
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InC_a | 0.865 | 0.867 | 0.899 | 0.598 |
IC_a | 0.869 | 0.869 | 0.910 | 0.717 |
IIA_a | 0.895 | 0.895 | 0.927 | 0.760 |
IIB_a | 0.877 | 0.878 | 0.916 | 0.731 |
InO_a | 0.905 | 0.906 | 0.929 | 0.724 |
TIn_a | 0.842 | 0.847 | 0.888 | 0.614 |
IIn_a | 0.901 | 0.904 | 0.920 | 0.592 |
IM_a | 0.880 | 0.885 | 0.917 | 0.736 |
IS_a | 0.878 | 0.878 | 0.916 | 0.731 |
Saturated Model | Estimated Model | |
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SRMR | 0.050 | 0.071 |
d_ULS | 2.508 | 5.023 |
d_G | 1.366 | 1.698 |
Chi-Square | 2864.094 | 3269.473 |
NFI | 0.811 | 0.785 |
Path Coefficients | T Statistics (|O/STDEV|) | p Values | |
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IC_a → InC_a | 0.278 | 3.350 | 0.001 |
IC_a → OIn_a | 0.208 | 2.342 | 0.020 |
IC_a → TIn_a | 0.109 | 1.478 | 0.140 |
IC_a → IIn_a | 0.205 | 3.009 | 0.003 |
IIA_a → InC_a | −0.010 | 0.132 | 0.895 |
IIA_a → OIn_a | 0.130 | 1.399 | 0.163 |
IIA_a → TIn_a | 0.153 | 2.086 | 0.037 |
IIA_a → IIn_a | 0.118 | 1.638 | 0.102 |
IIB_a → InC_a | 0.171 | 1.824 | 0.069 |
IIB_a → OIn_a | 0.371 | 4.335 | 0.000 |
IIB_a → TIn_a | 0.252 | 3.169 | 0.002 |
IIB_a → IIn_a | 0.191 | 2.597 | 0.010 |
IM_a → InC_a | 0.019 | 0.222 | 0.824 |
IM_a → OIn_a | 0.012 | 0.126 | 0.900 |
IM_a → TIn_a | 0.099 | 1.184 | 0.237 |
IM_a → IIn_a | 0.117 | 1.511 | 0.131 |
IS_a → InC_a | 0.369 | 3.513 | 0.000 |
IS_a → OIn_a | 0.074 | 0.708 | 0.479 |
IS_a → TIn_a | 0.265 | 3.003 | 0.003 |
IS_a → IIn_a | 0.264 | 3.163 | 0.002 |
Hypothesis No. | Hypothesis Text | Supported | Not Supported | Observations |
---|---|---|---|---|
H1. P5 | OIn_a is explained by the five dimensions of the ATL within the Software development Industry in Romania. | Partial supported | ||
H 1.1. | OIn_a is explained by IIA_a. | ✓ | ||
H 1.2. | OIn_a is explained by IC_a. | ✓ | ||
H 1.3. | OIn_a is explained by IM_a. | ✓ | ||
H 1.4. | OIn_a is explained by IS_a. | ✓ | ||
H 1.5. | OIn_a is explained by IIB_a. | ✓ | ||
H2. | InC_a is explained by the five dimensions of the ATL within the Software development Industry in Romania. | Partial supported | ||
H 2.1. | InC_a is explained by IIA_a. | ✓ | ||
H 2.2. | InC_a is explained by IC_a. | ✓ | ||
H 2.3. | InC_a is explained by IM_a. | ✓ | ||
H 2.4. | InC_a is explained by IS_a. | ✓ | ||
H 2.5. | InC_a is explained by IIB_a. | ✓ | ||
H.3. | IIn_a is explained by the five dimensions of the ATL within the Software development Industry in Romania. | Partial supported | ||
H 3.1. | IIn_a is explained by IIA_a. | ✓ | ||
H 3.2. | IIn_a is explained by IC_a. | ✓ | ||
H 3.3. | IIn_a is explained by IM_a. | ✓ | ||
H 3.4. | IIn_a is explained by IS_a. | ✓ | ||
H 3.5. | IIn_a is explained by IIB_a. | ✓ | ||
H.4. | TIn_a is explained by the five dimensions of the ATL within the Software development Industry in Romania. | Partial supported | ||
H 4.1. | TIn_a is explained by IIA_a. | ✓ | ||
H 4.2. | TIn_a is explained by IC_a. | ✓ | ||
H 4.3. | TIn_a is explained by IM_a. | ✓ | ||
H 4.4. | TIn_a is explained by IS_a. | ✓ | ||
H 4.5. | TIn_a is explained by IIB_a. | ✓ |
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