18th International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC2024)
Onsite (Qinhuangdao, China) and Online, September 10-13, 2024

PS-20: ICICIC2024-WS05-20
The Impact of Digital Leadership on Green Innovation of Manufacturing Enterprises
Shuang Zhao and Chun Li*
School of Economics and Management (School of Tourism), Dalian University, Dalian 116622, P. R. China*Corresponding author: 2951049035@qq.com

Introduction

TablesUnder the background of the strategic goal of“carbon peak, carbon neutrality” and the new era ofgreen development, the green innovation andtransformation and upgrading of manufacturing
enterprises have become the top priority. This meansthat China promises to achieve the goal of “carbonneutrality” in half the time of Western countries. Inaddition, in March 2021, China’s “14th Five-YearPlan” put forward the concept of green transformation
based on the strategic goal of “double carbon”, clearlypointed out that we should vigorously develop green
technology innovation and promote the green
transformation of key industries and important fields.
The disappearance of demographic dividend, theupgrading of market consumption, the developmentof Internet technology, trade globalization and otherfactors have broken the relatively independent
traditional market. More than 90% of traditional
enterprises have failed in digital transformation, andtraditional manufacturing enterprises are moreserious.

Table 1. A review of the definition of digital leadershipconceptscholar

The Concept of Digital Leadership

AvolioUnder the mediation of information technology ( ICT ),the social impact process embedded in the proximal anddistal contexts that promotes changes in attitudes,
emotions, thinking, behavior and performance ofindividuals, groups and organizations.

Van Wart

Effective use and integration of information technology
and traditional communication technology, it means thecognition and understanding of the current informationand communication technology, for themselves and theorganization to selectively adopt emerging informationand communication technology, and the use of theseinformation and communication technology technicalability.

Roman and Van Wart

Digital leadership is a series of technology-mediatedsocial impact processes aimed at changing attitudes,
emotions, thinking, behavior and performance. This
process depends on leaders ' clear and appropriate
communication skills, providing sufficient social
interaction, motivating and managing change,
establishing and maintaining responsible teams,explaining knowledge related to information andcommunication technology, and cultivating a sense of

Research Questions
There are few studies on digital leadership anddigital transformation in the current literature. Amongthem, digital leadership has an important impact onenterprises’ effective response to the challenges ofdigital transformation. Existing research has focusedon the impact of digital leadership on digitaltransformation, and rarely addressed the issue of how
digital leadership affects corporate green innovation.
With the increasingly prominent role of executives’cognition in organizational digital transformation, it is ofgreat theoretical and practical significance to explore
the impact of leaders’ digital leadership on corporate
green innovation.

trust in the virtual environment.
BENITEZ

Digital leadership refers to the ability of leaders to use avariety of skill combinations to lead and manage
personnel and transform enterprises in a digital way.

Table 2. A review of the definition of digital leadership
dimension
scholar

Digital leadership dimension

Roman

The six dimensions of E-communication, E-social, E-change,
E-team, E-tech and E-trust are discussed.

Li Yanping and Digital strategic thinking, digital environment control, digital
Miao Li

organizational change, digital talent development, digitalcommunication and social five dimensions.

Ju Yanpeng

Five dimensions : digital communication ability, digital socialability, digital change ability, digital team ability, digital trustability.

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Conclusion
Based on the theory of dynamic capabilities, this paper reveals the relationship between
leader digital leadership and enterprise green innovation. The study finds the following.
First, leaders’ digital leadership has a positive impact on the digital transformation ofenterprises. Although digital transformation is a leading project, not all leaders can effectively
promote digital transformation. Starting from the behavioral characteristics of leaders, this paper
reveals the important role of leaders’ digital leadership in the digital transformation of enterprises.
Leaders with high digital leadership can quickly adapt to the changes in the digital environment
and take effective actions to promote digital transformation.
Second, digital transformation plays an important mediating role in the relationship between
digital leadership and corporate green innovation. This shows that digital leadership affects thepromotion of green innovation by promoting the digital transformation of enterprises. Digitaltransformation is the key path for leaders’ digital leadership to influence enterprises’ greeninnovation. Digital leadership accelerates the speed of digital transformation of enterprises.
Therefore, this paper guides the construction of leadership system in the digital era from thecognitive level.