Digital Leadership and Dynamic Capabilities Research Shows Growing Strategic Adaptability Trends

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10.2991/978-2-38476-589-8_32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Digital leadership; dynamic capabilities; bibliometric analysis; innovation

Abstract

General Background: The accelerated pace of digital transformation since 2019 has reshaped organizational leadership, capability development, and strategic decision-making across sectors. Specific Background: Digital leadership is increasingly recognized as a key driver of organizational adaptability, while dynamic capability theory provides a framework for understanding how firms sense opportunities, seize resources, and reconfigure competencies in turbulent environments. Knowledge Gap: Despite their conceptual alignment, research integrating digital leadership and dynamic capabilities remains fragmented and lacks comprehensive mapping. Aims: This study aims to systematically map the intellectual structure and research trends on digital leadership and dynamic capabilities through a bibliometric analysis of Scopus-indexed publications from 2019 to 2025. Results: An analysis of 244 journal articles using Biblioshiny (Bibliometrix R-package) reveals a rapid increase in research output beginning in 2022, indicating growing scholarly interest. Co-citation analysis identifies three dominant clusters: foundational leadership theory, capability-based digital transformation, and classical leadership models. The thematic map highlights key themes such as dynamic capability, digital agility, AI-enabled innovation, and business model innovation, alongside emerging topics including sustainable digital transformation, VUCA leadership, and ecosystem adaptability. Novelty: This study positions digital leadership as a microfoundation of dynamic capabilities through an integrated bibliometric mapping approach. Implications: The findings provide strategic insights for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to support the development of resilient, innovative, and sustainable digital organizations.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rieka Mustika
AU  - Ade Sobandi
AU  - Agus Rahayu
AU  - Lili Adi Wibowo
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/18
TI  - Digital Leadership and Dynamic Capabilities Research Shows Growing Strategic Adaptability Trends
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Communication and Digital Multimedia 2025 (ICCDM 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 395
EP  - 401
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-589-8_32
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-589-8_32
ID  - Mustika2026
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