Examining the Impact of Transformational Leadership in the Development of Organizational Voice "An Analysis of the Mediating Impact of Information and Communication Technology"

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Abstract

The existence of organizations that give importance to the role of the thoughts and ideas of individual members and allow the employees to express new opinions and ideas in accordance with the new developments of the information age; leaders are needed to be the pioneers of this important thing. The present study has been conducted with the objective of examining the influence of revolutionary leadership on the emergence of organizational voice with an investigation of the impact of information and communication technology. The research method is descriptive of the correlation type, to evaluate the data; the statistical methods of correlation, multiple regression and mediation of structural equations were used. The findings explained that transformational leadership has an important effect on both variables (organizational voice, information technology). Despite the truth that the coefficient of influence of two dimensions of motivation and social support is positive and more than other dimensions, also the level of influence of transformative leadership with the medium of negative information technology (-0.20) was obtained.

Keywords

• Revolutionary Leadership
• Organizational Voice
• Information and Communication Technology

Bu makale için 27 Eylül 2025 tarihinde bir düzeltme yayımlandı. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/atdd/article/1776409

Öz

The existence of organizations that give importance to the role of the thoughts and ideas of individual members and allow the employees to express new opinions and ideas in accordance with the new developments of the information age; leaders are needed to be the pioneers of this important thing. The present study has been conducted with the objective of examining the influence of revolutionary leadership on the emergence of organizational voice with an investigation of the impact of information and communication technology. The research method is descriptive of the correlation type, to evaluate the data; the statistical methods of correlation, multiple regression and mediation of structural equations were used. The findings explained that transformational leadership has an important effect on both variables (organizational voice, information technology). Despite the truth that the coefficient of influence of two dimensions of motivation and social support is positive and more than other dimensions, also the level of influence of transformative leadership with the medium of negative information technology (-0.20) was obtained.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Revolutionary Leadership
• Organizational Voice
• Information and Communication Technology

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