The Impact of Digital Leadership on Achieving Institutional Agility through the Zero Bureaucracy Government Program in the United Arab Emirates (An Applied Study on the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy)

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the impact of digital leadership on achieving institutional agility and to examine the mediating role of the Zero Bureaucracy Government Program's requirements in the relationship between digital leadership and institutional agility from the perspective of employees at the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy in the United Arab Emirates. The study adopted a quantitative approach, using a questionnaire to collect data distributed to a randomly selected sample of 288 administrative and academic staff members at the academy. The results indicated a very strong, statistically significant positive relationship at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between digital leadership and institutional agility. Moreover, the independent variable (digital leadership) had a statistically significant impact on the dependent variable (institutional agility) at the level of (α ≤ 0.05). The findings also revealed that the Zero Bureaucracy Government Program partially mediates the relationship between digital leadership and institutional agility, according to the employees of the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy in the UAE. The study recommended enhancing strategic partnerships between the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy and relevant government entities in the UAE that are involved in the academy's activities and fields of work, with the aim of reengineering operational and administrative processes at the academy to align with the objectives of the Zero Bureaucracy Government Program.