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Item E-Leadership Is Un(usual): Multi-Criteria Analysis of Critical Success Factors for the Transition from Leadership to E-Leadership(MDPI, 2023-04) Ahuja, Jaya; Puppala, Harish; Sergio, Rommel P.; Hoffman, Ettiene PaulLeadership helps to build strong organizations with resilient cultures. It is established that leadership needs a transition powered by digital technologies to tackle the shift from workplace culture to remote work, which is being practiced even after the pandemic to reduce operational costs and improve flexibility. The transition from leadership to e-leadership requires a profound understanding of the critical success factors (CSFs). The primary objective of this study is to identify the critical success factors of e-leadership using a systematic literature review and questionnaire survey technique. The identified CSFs are grouped under (i) Technology Management, (ii) E-Motivation and well-being, and (iii) E-change management categories. The Fuzzy Delphi technique is used to find the relevant CSFs and the relative dominance of each CSF category; the CSFs are then analyzed using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process. The results suggest that employee engagement using digital technologies is the most critical success factor, while role clarity has relatively the least significance for the transition to take place. The findings of this study facilitate the smooth transition from leadership to e-leadership. © 2023 by the authors.Item The New Normal: The Challenges and Opportunities of Freelancing and Remote Work for HR Departments(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023) Chabani, Zakariya; Sergio, Rommel; Hoffman, Ettiene PaulThe aim of this paper is to explore the impact of freelancing and remote work on HR departments, specifically in recruitment, training and development, and employee engagement. The discussion highlights the innovative strategies and tools HR departments can use to manage a decentralized workforce, including online recruitment platforms, virtual training programs, and collaboration tools, as well as recognizing the challenges associated with these strategies, such as the lack of face-to-face interaction and engagement. The paper emphasizes the importance of adapting to a more decentralized workforce and the development of new strategies to remain competitive in the evolving business landscape. The paper concludes by highlighting the theoretical and practical implications of the growth of freelancing and remote work for companies such as the need for companies to adapt and innovate in their recruitment, training and development, and management strategies to remain competitive. Additionally, the need for HR departments to find practical ways to keep remote workers engaged and connected to the company culture while also considering legal and ethical implications. The paper suggests that companies must be proactive in addressing these challenges, as failure to do so may result in the loss of the best talent. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Item Understanding the effects of toxic leadership on expatriates' readiness for innovation: an Uzbekistan case(Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2020-03) Hoffman, Ettiene Paul; Sergio, Rommel PilapilEver-growing business challenges emphasize the necessity for organizations to develop a competent workforce to achieve more stable and inclusive growth. Therefore, this study explored the ever-growing interest in expatriate workers to support organizational competitiveness. This study focuses on Uzbekistan, as its growing competitiveness is pressurizing leader-follower dyads and organizational innovation capabilities to improve productivity, reduce costs, and become more profitable. Workplace environments can be sensitive towards leadership behaviours that can adversely affect expatriates’ readiness for innovation. Therefore, this research study addressed the gap in empirical evidence within the leadership literature relevant to the interplay between toxic leadership and expatriates’ readiness for innovation. This qualitative descriptive study employed an explorative phenomenological cross-sectional design (n=10) into expatriates’ real-life experiences to understand the effects of toxic leadership on their readiness for innovation. The findings from the phenomenological study suggest that toxic leadership can adversely affect expatriate’s readiness for innovation. © 2020, Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. All rights reserved.