Many public institutions and private companies have applied smart work, but research on appropriate leadership for smart work environment is lacking. The purpose of this study is to identify what is the appropriate leadership in smart work environment...
Many public institutions and private companies have applied smart work, but research on appropriate leadership for smart work environment is lacking. The purpose of this study is to identify what is the appropriate leadership in smart work environment. The research issues set in this study are as follows.
First, how job autonomy, procedural justice, and interactional justice affect job satisfaction in a smart work environment. Second, is transformational and transactional leadership moderated in the effect of job autonomy on job satisfaction? Third, is transformational and transactional leadership moderated in the effect of procedural justice on job satisfaction?, and the fourth, transformational and transactional leadership moderates the effect of interactional justice on job satisfaction.
This study was conducted for employees who participated in smart work among employees of domestic travel agency H company. The survey was conducted from August 23, 2017 to September 19, 2017, for about one month.
Of the 800 respondents, 514 responded (recovery rate: 64%), and only 255 respondents who participated in smartwork were selected for analysis. Statistical analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used as data analysis methods.
The results of this study are as follows.
First, job autonomy, procedural justice, and interactional justice all have a significant effect on job satisfaction. Among the three variables, the magnitude of influence was large in order of job autonomy, interactional justice, and procedural justice.
Second, transformational and transactional leadership has a moderating effect on the relationship between job autonomy and job satisfaction. Inspirational motivation of transformational leadership, contingent reward and intellectual stimulation of transactional leadership has a moderating effect.
Third, transformational and transactional leadership has a moderating effect on procedural justice and job satisfaction. The inspirational motivation and individual consideration of transformational leadership, contingent reward of transactional leadership has a moderating effect.
Fourth, transformational and transactional leadership has a moderating effect in the relationship between interactional justice and job satisfaction. Four sub - factors of transformational leadership and two sub - factors of transactional leadership were found to be moderating.
In conclusion, in the smart work environment, job autonomy and organizational justice have a positive effect on job satisfaction, and subordinate factors of transformational and transactional leadership have a moderating effect in this relationship. Based on these conclusions, we discussed the direction of the HRD practitioner and suggestions for future research.