Unveiling the Indirect Effect of E-Leadership Toward Remote Work Productivity in the Governmental Institution

Abstract

Public and private organizations have been forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to apply remote work arrangements as the best option for inhibiting the spread of the Coronavirus. Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia (Indonesian Ministry of Health) is the spearheading institution for resolving COVID-19 health issues at nationwide. The government institution was expected to have higher productivity by working from home rather than working from the office. E-leadership of supervisors in governmental institutions became a strategic issue. This study tries to recognize the impact of e-leadership on work productivity. A survey-based quantitative study was applied to examine three developed hypotheses. It is about 113 employees of Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia have been involved as respondents. Perceptual responses from the respondents were structured by using the Structural Equation Modeling and then were computed with SmartPLS version 4.0. The results reveal e-leadership ability of the supervisor has an indirect effect on work productivity. For maintaining work productivity, e-leadership should be directed to improve internet skills of governmental institution. For further research, this study recommends to examine effect of digital resources, digital collaboration, perceived organizational support, and learning agility.