The Effect of E-Leadership towards Virtual Team Member^s Performance Moderated by Digital Communication. Hastuti Naibaho, Hana Rizky Harimansyah Putri, Endang Pitaloka
Department of Management & Jaya Launch Pad, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia
Abstract
Virtual teams perform different kinds of behavior compared to conventional teams and it results a different leadership style called as E-Leadership. Leading teams virtually face several challenges such as coordination among members, and lack of trust between the leader and its team members. Communication skill plays a significant role in a leader^s success in managing virtual team. Choosing the right digital communication method could help the E-Leader to manage the teams and achieve a high virtual team member^s performance. The purpose of this study is to find empirical support for the effects of E-Leadership on virtual team members performance and the role of digital communication as a moderating variable to increase the positive impacts of E-Leadership in virtual team. The sample of this study are employees who currently work or previously worked with virtual work setting. Data was collected by distributing online questionnaire. The results show that E-Leadership significantly affects the virtual team member^s performance and supported the hypothesis for the moderating variable. This study recommends the organization how to achieve high virtual team member^s performance by using E-Leadership style and digital communication.
Keywords: E-Leadership, Virtual Team, Team Member^s Performance, Digital Communication
