Leveraging leadership and digital transformation for sustainable development

Insights from Cambodia's public sector

Bibliographic Data

ID6455841
AuthorsBora Ly (0000-0001-7396-6189, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume9
Pages100545-100545
Publication date2025-03-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainable Futures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2666-1888
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100545
OpenAlexW4408415450
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited77

This study examines the influence of transformational leadership on digital transformation and sustainable development outcomes in Cambodian public organizations. Utilizing data from 297 public employees and analyzed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the results reveal that transformational leadership significantly impacts digital transformation and sustainable development outcomes. Additionally, digital transformation not only mediates the connection between transformational leadership and sustainable development outcomes but also amplifies the effects of leadership on sustainability. These findings highlight the crucial role of digital transformation in enhancing the impact of leadership on sustainability, offering valuable insights for public sector leaders and policymakers focused on achieving development objectives. This research makes a unique contribution by exploring the intersection of leadership, digitalization, and sustainability in the public sector of a developing country, an area that has received limited attention

Business · Digital transformation · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Public sector · Sustainable development · Transformation (genetics · World Wide Web · Cambodian History and Society · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

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