Review Article
Systematic Review Literature on Digital Platforms and Global Competitive Strategy
Issue:
Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2026
Pages:
68-82
Received:
16 September 2026
Accepted:
27 September 2026
Published:
21 October 2026
Abstract: This review was aimed to review the concept of digital platforms and global competitive strategy based on theoretical and empirical using published research. It attempts to integrate the existing literature to understand the role of digital platforms on global competitive strategy. A systematic literature review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines. Based up on the analyses from the selected source for the review, among the digital platforms and global competitive strategy the data shows that as there is positive relationship between digital platform and global competitive strategy. Methodologically, the review synthesized 30 peer-reviewed articles published between 2015 and 2026 and identified through Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar and the articles being written in the English language. Specifically, this literature review focuses on the theoretical frameworks that play an important role in these areas include internationalization framework, dynamic capability framework and platform ecosystems frameworks. The results show that through the application of network effects, ecosystem orchestration, data power, and rapid internationalization, digital platforms have considerably transformed global strategic competition. The literature review highlights a number of ways of how future research can be done by focusing on several theoretical frameworks, methodologies and research gaps. The practical approach to the results of the literature review is that in the modern complicated world.
Abstract: This review was aimed to review the concept of digital platforms and global competitive strategy based on theoretical and empirical using published research. It attempts to integrate the existing literature to understand the role of digital platforms on global competitive strategy. A systematic literature review was conducted following the PRISMA 2...
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Research Article
Impact of Employees’ Oriented Leadership Style on Employee Performance: A Survey of Three Public Universities in South Sudan
Jacob Dut Chol Riak*
,
Daniel Atem Awoul Apet
Issue:
Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2026
Pages:
83-96
Received:
8 October 2026
Accepted:
17 October 2026
Published:
28 October 2026
Abstract: This study examines the influence of employee-oriented leadership style on employee performance in three selected public universities in South Sudan. The study was motivated by persistent operational and socioeconomic challenges affecting the higher education sector, including staff and student strikes, delayed salary payments, inadequate infrastructure and accommodation, rising tuition costs, food shortages, armed conflict, poverty, and other disruptions associated with a fragile and post-conflict environment. These conditions have raised concerns regarding the capacity of university leadership to sustain institutional effectiveness, employee motivation, and performance. The study adopted a quantitative research approach. Data were collected using structured questionnaires distributed to academic and administrative staff across the three selected public universities. Of the 325 questionnaires distributed, 220 were successfully returned, yielding a response rate of 73%. The measurement instrument demonstrated excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranging from 0.973 to 0.986. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed to examine the relationship between leadership style and employee performance. The findings demonstrated a strong and statistically significant positive relationship between employee-oriented leadership style and employee performance. Regression analysis indicated that a one-unit increase in the Leadership Styles Index was associated with a 0.605-unit increase in employee performance (β = 0.886, p < 0.001; 95% CI = 0.530-0.680). The findings also revealed institutional variations in leadership practices. The University of Juba and Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology exhibited comparatively lower levels of employee-oriented leadership practices than the University of Upper Nile. The study further established that university leaders employed combinations of leadership styles, with their effectiveness varying according to institutional contexts and prevailing challenges. Several institutional constraints were identified, including weak promotion systems, inadequate infrastructure, and limited opportunities for staff development, low employee motivation, ineffective resource utilization, declining student outcomes, and high staff turnover. The study also revealed a substantial gender imbalance among academic and administrative staff, with males constituting 84.1% and females 15.9% of the study population. It recommends strengthening transparent governance and merit-based appointment systems, improving infrastructure and employee welfare, expanding professional development opportunities, enhancing academic quality, research and innovation, and accelerating digital transformation. The study further proposes the TEAD Hybrid Leadership Model, which integrates transformational, autocratic, employee-oriented, and democratic leadership approaches, as a context-sensitive framework for strengthening institutional resilience, enhancing employee performance, and supporting the long-term sustainability of public universities in South Sudan.
Abstract: This study examines the influence of employee-oriented leadership style on employee performance in three selected public universities in South Sudan. The study was motivated by persistent operational and socioeconomic challenges affecting the higher education sector, including staff and student strikes, delayed salary payments, inadequate infrastru...
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