The Influence of E-Leadership on Task Performance in New Work Era

Organization began to adapt to remote working patterns in the early pandemic, while human resource management faces new challenges in adapting to these changes. Furthermore, leadership is the main key in maintaining and improving Employee Job Performance. Therefore, this study aims to find effective New Leadership Styles in adapting to the New Work era. It was performed by analyzing employee perceptions of the Leadership Style (Transformational, Servant and Empowering Leadership) and measuring their effects on Employee Job Performance in current conditions. The survey was conducted through an online to 387 employees who had worked for at least 5 years and at least 2 years had worked virtually in an automotive manufacturing company in Indonesia which had implemented a virtual work pattern for most of its employees. Then, the data were processed using SEM Amos 25.0. Subsequently, the results showed that Employee Job Performance (EJP) has two important dimensions, namely Courtesy, and Sportsmanship, and is positively and directly influenced by the New Leadership Style. This study found an effective the New Leadership Style since the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly a leadership style with 9 dimensions namely (1)Openness, (2)Orientation to problem-solving, (3)Freedom at work, (4)Inspirational Motivation, (5)Intellectual Stimulation, (6)Individualized Consideration, (7)Coaching, (8)Participatory Decision Making and (9)Showing concern. The contribution of this study for organizational managers is as a soft reference for effective leadership competencies during the New Work period and a new reference for Leadership Science in Human Resources Management