The Role of Empowering Leadership in Facing the Era of the Digital Industrial Revolution: Literature Review
Keywords:
Digital Revolution, Empowering Leadership, Industry 4.0 Technology, Employee PerformanceAbstract
This research aims to explore the role of empowering leadership in facing the era of
digital revolution/industry 4.0. The problem raised is the low performance of
employees in several organizations caused by a lack of autonomy, trust, and support
from leaders in the era of the digital revolution. The dynamic increase in the
application of Industry 4.0 technology makes the orientation of organizations
towards dehumanization result in a lot of employee concerns on technology which
can lead to a loss of view of the centrality of human resources, because organization
requires employees who are adaptive in the influence of employee motivation and
work engagement. To overcome this, this study examines how empowering
leadership can increase the behavior of extra employee roles which leads to improved
performance in the era of the industrial revolution. The method used in this study is
literature review. Research findings show that empowering leadership significantly
improves employee performance. Employees who are given more autonomy and
support by leaders can show proactive behavior that ultimately increases
productivity and quality of work. The contribution of this study is to provide
empirical evidence that leadership empowerment can be an effective strategy in
improving employee performance in organizations. These findings are relevant for
leaders who want to create a more collaborative and productive work environment
in the era of the digital/Industry 4.0 revolution.
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