Achieving Sustainable Manufacturing Through Digital Leadership

This study investigates the organizational drivers of sustainability performance in the manufacturing sector and proposes and tests an integrated model grounded in dynamic capability theory. Using structural equation modeling on empirical data, it examines the role of digital leadership as a catalyst for sustainable practices, mediated by digital knowledge management and organizational resilience. The findings confirm that digital leadership exerts a significant total effect on sustainability outcomes. Crucially, this influence is primarily channeled through two parallel mediating pathways: by building organizational resilience and by establishing systematic digital knowledge management. The model demonstrates high explanatory power, revealing that sustainability performance is a systemic achievement, dependent on the synergistic interaction of strategic leadership, institutionalized learning, and adaptive capacity.