Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, ICSS 2019, 5-6 November 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Digital Leadership in Managing Employee Work Motivation (Case Study: Oil and Gas Industry in Indonesia)

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-11-2019.2292490,
        author={Fatimah Malini Lubis and Zahara Tussoleha Rony and Budi  Santoso},
        title={Digital Leadership in Managing Employee Work Motivation (Case Study: Oil and Gas Industry in Indonesia)},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, ICSS 2019, 5-6 November 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICSS},
        year={2020},
        month={3},
        keywords={digital leadership work motivation oil and gas industry},
        doi={10.4108/eai.5-11-2019.2292490}
    }
    
  • Fatimah Malini Lubis
    Zahara Tussoleha Rony
    Budi Santoso
    Year: 2020
    Digital Leadership in Managing Employee Work Motivation (Case Study: Oil and Gas Industry in Indonesia)
    ICSS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-11-2019.2292490
Fatimah Malini Lubis1,*, Zahara Tussoleha Rony2, Budi Santoso3
  • 1: LP3I Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2: Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
  • 3: Akademi Angkatan Udara Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Contact email: lubisfm@gmail.com

Abstract

In recent years the world oil price has experienced a very significant shock and had become the worst history in the oil and gas industry. As a result of the uncertainty in the oil price, the role of the leadership is very important in maintaining employee motivation. Digital leadership is one of the leadership styles that a leader must possess in anticipating the current uncertainty in oil prices. Researchers interviewed employees in several oil and gas companies in Indonesia. This study used a qualitative case study with snowball and purposive sampling approach. Novelty of this research is to describe how the digital leadership in maintaining work motivation. The results showed that digital leadership was one of the leadership styles that could maintain the work motivation of oil and gas employees in an unpredictable oil price condition through 3 (three) factors such as uncertainty condition, innovation and adaptability.