The impact of digital factors on Digital leadership behavior in hospital context

Abstract

In this research, we developed the relationship between the behavioral factors of Digital leadership in hospitals the Digital support, Digital guidance, Digital engagement, Digital encouragement factors were introduced. The mixed method research methodology with quantitative research and qualitative research were used to confirm our findings. The questionnaire respondents were collected with 458 sampling of the First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical College, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China from September 2021 to February 2022. The in-dept interview were done with 3 leaders of the hospital; the Director of the Party and Administration Office, the Secretary of the Mission Committee, and the Vice President. All variables were analyzed descriptively with mean, standard deviation and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).We found that Digital support and Digital mentoring had a higher impact on Digital leadership behavior than Digital engagement and Digital encouragement. Our findings increase the extent of the understanding on the relationship between Digital guidance, Digital encouragement, Digital support, and Digital engagement in Digital leadership behaviors that improve the knowledge on the hospital leadership behaviors in digital work.