Organizational digital development and digital competencies required for managers in different positions: the human resource management perspective Cover Image

Digitalni razvoj organizacije i očekivane digitalne kompetencije menadžera na različitim pozicijama: perspektiva menadžera ljudskih resursa
Organizational digital development and digital competencies required for managers in different positions: the human resource management perspective

Author(s): Ivana Kovačević, Jelena Anđelković Labrović
Subject(s): Sociology, Management and complex organizations, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije
Keywords: digital development of the company; digital competencies; managerial positions

Summary/Abstract: Organizational digital development requires new competencies frommanagers. The aim of the research was to establish the relation between the assessedlevel of the companies` digitalization and the assessment of the required level ofdigital competencies for managers in different managerial positions (operational,middle, and executive). The respondents included 97 professionals employed ina human resource department who filled an online scale the digital developmentlevel in companies and a modified scale based on the European digital competenceframework. The results show that the higher assessment of the organizational digitaldevelopment predicts the higher level of required digital competencies, regardlessthe managerial position, followed by the main effect of the managerial positionon the required level of digital competencies, with no differences in competencydomains. They indicate the importance of the organizational setting in the contextof the expected digital competency, as well as the existing differences in the levelbut not in the domain requirements for competencies related to the managerialposition. Findings should be interpreted in the context of the limitations stemmingfrom the sample and the fact that both assessments were carried out by the samerespondents who might not be the experts in organizational digital development.

  • Issue Year: 66/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-105
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English