Research on the collaborative mechanism between digital governance and charismatic leadership from the perspective of public service motivation

Abstract

With the advancement of modernization of national governance and governance capacity, technologies represented by big data and government public governance are changing government behavior and public service supply. Digital governance is one of the main driving forces for modernizing governance, and as an important driving force for modernizing governance, digital governance has generated new demands for government leadership while undergoing technological changes. Charismatic leadership is characterized by charm, vision motivation, and personalized care, and has unique effectiveness in uniting and supporting organizations in dealing with complex changes. The author takes public service motivation as the main theoretical intermediary to explore the mechanism of digital governance and charismatic leadership in public administration reform. Through sorting out the relevant concepts and main viewpoints of public service motivation theory, digital governance theory, and charismatic leadership theory, the author attempts to construct a theoretical model of digital governance and charismatic leadership in the context of public administration based on the shaping of a digital governance theoretical model based on charismatic leadership, combined with the theory of public service motivation. Therefore, the article provides specific path optimization plans from the aspects of enhancing leaders' digital leadership, comprehensive incubation service willingness, and the "leader technology willingness" trinity ecological environment, aiming to help promote the improvement of government leadership and performance in the digital transformation period, and also provide academic guidance and reference for related research.