Author(s)

Shiling Yan ¹, Zhixin Zhang ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Weifang Engineering Vocational College, Weifang, 262500, China
² School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

Corresponding Author

Shiling Yan

ABSTRACT

Digital economy has become a new driving force for China's economic development, and digital leadership is an important guarantee to promote the digital transformation of organizations. This paper systematically combs the concept and characteristics of digital leadership, expounds the measurement methods of digital leadership, summarizes the formation mechanism and influence mechanism of digital leadership, and analyzes many deficiencies in the current research on digital leadership. Finally, on the basis of the previous research, this paper points out the research prospect of digital leadership, tries to combine the latest research results and advanced experience of digital leadership in western developed countries with China's actual national conditions, develop the digital leadership theory with Chinese characteristics, dialogue with the international frontier and prosperity of theoretical development, and provide Chinese wisdom and solutions for the research of digital leadership. To promote the high quality development of digital economy.

KEYWORDS

Digital economy, digital leadership, digital transformation, innovation

CITE THIS PAPER

Shiling Yan, Zhixin Zhang, Research Status and Prospect of Digital Leadership. Information Systems and Economics (2023) Vol. 4: 82-90. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/infse.2023.040410.

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