Dynamic Leadership Tools Supporting Psychological Needs Satisfaction in Public Organizations: Experimental Evidence

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dynamic Leadership Tools Supporting Psychological Needs Satisfaction in Public Organizations

T2 - Experimental Evidence

AU - Haunstrup, Jørgen K. Skovhus

PY - 2024/5/10

Y1 - 2024/5/10

N2 - Public leadership is increasingly conducted through digital information technology, and dynamic leadership tools are offered as alternatives to static tools. As a first test of dynamic leadership tools in public leadership, this study focuses on leadership tools for visionary leadership. The study examines whether the positive effect on employee needs satisfaction of dynamic leadership tools based on persuasive information technology is stronger than for static leadership tools. The study involves a field experiment on leadership training combined with leadership tools and shows that dynamic tools indeed have a stronger impact than static tools on satisfying employee needs for meaning and employee perception of prosocial impact. This research contributes to the understanding of how information technology can be harnessed to support public leadership and highlights the potential benefits of dynamic leadership tools in supporting beneficial employee outcomes.

AB - Public leadership is increasingly conducted through digital information technology, and dynamic leadership tools are offered as alternatives to static tools. As a first test of dynamic leadership tools in public leadership, this study focuses on leadership tools for visionary leadership. The study examines whether the positive effect on employee needs satisfaction of dynamic leadership tools based on persuasive information technology is stronger than for static leadership tools. The study involves a field experiment on leadership training combined with leadership tools and shows that dynamic tools indeed have a stronger impact than static tools on satisfying employee needs for meaning and employee perception of prosocial impact. This research contributes to the understanding of how information technology can be harnessed to support public leadership and highlights the potential benefits of dynamic leadership tools in supporting beneficial employee outcomes.

KW - basic needs satisfaction

KW - employee development

KW - field experiment

KW - persuasive technology

KW - public management

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85192525454&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/00910260241247954

DO - 10.1177/00910260241247954

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0091-0260

VL - 53

SP - 572

EP - 600

JO - Public Personnel Management

JF - Public Personnel Management

IS - 4

ER -