Digital leadership emerges as the reflection of technological innovation in business life into administration mentality. As well as possessing leadership skills, digital leaders can be defined as leaders who are talented in terms of information technologies, visionary, can think innovatively, increase the corporation’s performance and create the transformation required by the business. The literature emphasizes that digital leadership practices and digital transformation efforts can fail due to fear of being unemployed, the tendency to maintain the usual, and showing resistance to transformation. However, it is realized that these approaches are generally based on foresight and are not supported by real practices. In this regard, the mediating effect of job security satisfaction of employees on the impact of digital leadership upon job satisfaction and life satisfaction is tried to be explained with application findings by utilizing from Resource Based View (RBV). The study was conducted with 403 employees working in an industrial organization. The data obtained were analysed through the Smart-PLS program, and the mediating effect was measured using a structural equation model. The model found that digital leadership had a significant effect (0.199) on job satisfaction, digital leadership had a significant effect (0.182) on life satisfaction, and digital leadership had a significant effect of 0.312 on the perception of job security. Once again, it was found that the perception of job security had a partial mediating effect (0.156) on the effect of digital leadership upon job satisfaction, and the perception of job security had a partial mediating effect (0.150) on the effect of digital leadership upon life satisfaction. The present study indicated that in a well-designed digital transformation, digital leaders could increase employees’ job and life satisfaction, and job security had a mediating impact upon this increase. Digital transformation in businesses creates an environment that allows high-performing employees to stand out more than low-performing employees and to display their talents. Thus, it could be stated that digital technologies have a significant effect on the prominence of talented individuals and increase employees’ job satisfaction and life satisfaction by utilizing RBV, as well. As a consequence of its structural characteristics, digital leadership paves the way for more effective use of human resources in the enterprise, the realization of the necessary organizational transformation, and the increase in the perception of job security of the employees thanks to the contribution it provides to the qualitative improvement of the organization.

In parallel with the developments in information and communication technologies, the concept of digital leadership has emerged with the impact of current approaches such as Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. Digital leadership is a phenomenal type of leadership that manifests itself in organizations in the dimensions of managing technological processes, innovation, and change. Technological processes make change and innovation inevitable for individuals and societies, which has encouraged innovative behavior, creativity, and agility. This study aims to determine the extent to which the mediating effect of work engagement on the dimension of digital leadership and innovative behavior will be reflected in organizational agility. In this context, questionnaire forms were prepared and sent to 494 people. The data obtained were analyzed and evaluated by using Structural Equation Modelling in IBM SPSS and IBM AMOS programs. As a result of the analysis, the partial mediation effect of work engagement on the effect of digital leadership on organizational agility was determined. The partial mediating effect of work engagement on the effect of innovative behavior on organizational agility was determined. In the modeling in which digital leadership and innovative behavior take place in the organization simultaneously, full mediation for digital leadership and partial mediation for innovative behavior were determined. The result obtained reveals the dominance of digital leadership. It is thought that this result can be explained in line with the Social Information Processing Theory and Role Theory.

Dijital işletmelerin evrimi: endüstri 5.0’ın bibliyometrik yansımaları konulu çalışmanın iki amacı bulunmaktadır. Birinci amaç dijitalleşen işletmelerde stratejik ve teknolojik bir üstünlük olarak görülen aynı zamanda geleceğe yön veren teknolojilerin sürdürülebilirlik kapsamında insan odaklı ve dayanıklı olmasını ifade eden “endüstri 5.0”, iş yapış biçimleri dijitalleşen insan-makine işbirliğini model alan, endüstri 5.0 sistemine misyon ve vizyonunda yer veren “işletmeler” kavramı üzerine Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Social Science & Humanities, Book Citation Index – Science indekslerinde yer alan çalışmaları belirleyerek Türkçe yayınların niceliğini ve niteliğini değerlendirmektir. Çalışmanın ikinci amacı ise endüstri 5.0 sistemini iş modelleri olarak bünyesinde bulunduran işletmeler üzerine ilişkisel, etkileşimsel ve değerlendirici teknikte bibliyometrik bir analiz yapılarak literatürde yer alan boşlukların tespit edilmesi bu kapsamda yapılacak olan yeni çalışmalara önerilerde bulunmaktır. Çalışmada ortaya konulan değişkenler “Paydaş Teorisi” ile ilişkilendirilmiştir. Teori işletmelerin faaliyetleri ortaya konurken çevresel değişikliklerin izlenmesi ve işletme amaçlarının gerçekleştirilebilmesi için çevreyle uyumlu olması gerektiğini vurgulamaktadır. Endüstri 5.0’ın amacı doğrultusunda hareket eden dijital işletmeler paydaş teorisi kapsamında iç ve dış tüm çevre unsurlarını sürdürülebilirlik boyutunda ele alan bir anlayış ile faaliyetlerini yürütmektedir. Çalışmada Web Of Science veri tabanından alınan veriler R ile bibliyometrik yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. "Industry 5.0" ve "Business" kavramları taranarak ortaya çıkan sonuçlar yorumlanmıştır. Web of Science veri tabanında 2019–2024 yılları arasında bulunan 176 araştırmaya erişim sağlanmıştır. Yapılan analizde çalışma sayısının en fazla 94 eserle 2023 yılında olduğu, çalışmalara yapılan ortalama alıntı sayısı 11,283 düzeyinde olduğu görülmektedir. Türkiye merkezli sadece 5 adet makale bulunmaktadır. Endüstri 5.0 güncel bir kavram olup gerek ülkemizde gerekse uluslararası literatürde her geçen yıl daha fazla ele alınması işletmelerin dijitalleşsen geleceğinde önemli katkıları olacağı değerlendirilmektedir.

Teknolojik gelişmeler ile ortaya çıkan inovasyonlar sonucunda yaşanan dijital dönüşüm gerek iş yaşamına gerekse toplumsal yaşama entegre edilerek küresel bir değişimi başlatmıştır. Kültürler bu değişime adapte olurken işletmeler de dijital teknolojilerin kullanılması ile iş süreçlerini yeniden yapılandırarak inovatif stratejiler geliştirmiştir. Dijital dönüşüm bir işletmenin iş modellerinin dijitalleşerek örgüt kültürünün dijital kültüre adapte olması ve stratejilerinin de yenilikçi olmasını ifade etmektedir. İnovasyon kabiliyeti ise işletmelerin yenilikçi ürün ve hizmetler geliştirerek uygulama yeteneğidir. Dijital dönüşüm ile aralarında güçlü bir bağ olan inovasyonun gerçekleştirilmesinde inovasyon kabiliyeti önemli bir gerekliliktir. Dijital dönüşüm işletmelere rekabet avantajı, verimlilik ve ekonomik büyüme sağlarken inovasyon kabiliyeti ise bu faydaları desteklemektedir. Bu bağlamda dijital dönüşüm ve inovasyon kabiliyeti arasındaki ilişki birbirini destekleyerek işletmelerin performanslarını olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Bu araştırma dijital dönüşüm ve inovasyon kabiliyeti arasındaki ilişkileri literatürde yer alan farklı çalışmaların sonuçlarını bir araya getirerek bu iki kavram arasındaki ilişkiye dair etki büyüklüğünü ortaya koymayı hedefleyen meta-analiz yöntemi ile kapsamlı olarak ele alınmıştır. Yapılan çalışmada kapsama alınan çalışmalar arasında Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed veri tabanlarından seçilen 5 eser uygun görülerek araştırmaya dâhil edilmiştir. Meta analiz sonucunda dijital dönüşüm ile inovasyon kabiliyeti arasında 0,234 değerinde ve düşük güçte bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir.

As leadership and management styles evolve in the age of artificial intelligence, industries are rapidly evolving and developing. Natural language models, big data, and advances in information technology that shape this modern era are enhancing areas such as operational efficiency, safety, ground services, and air services in the aviation sector, thereby strengthening decision support processes. This study was conducted to fill gaps in the literature and guide future research by presenting the quantity and quality of studies on digitalization in aviation between 2005 and 2025 using visual network maps. To this end, studies on digitalization in the aviation sector were identified in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Science, Social Science & Humanities, and Book Citation Index – Science, and their quantity and quality were evaluated. Data extracted from the Web of Science database was analyzed using bibliometric methods with R. The results obtained by searching for the concepts “Aviation” and “Digitalization” were interpreted.A total of 82 studies found in the Web of Science database between 2005 and 2025 were accessed. Of these works, 51 were articles, 28 were abstracts, 2 were editorial materials, and 1 was a book chapter. The analysis revealed that the year with the highest number of studies was 2024, with 17 articles. Digitalization in aviation is a current concept, and its increasing coverage in the international literature each year is expected to make significant contributions to the digital future of the sector.

The aim of the research is to determine the studies conducted on the aviation sector and sustainable concepts at the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) level, to evaluate the number and effectiveness of Turkish publications, to identify gaps in the literature and to make suggestions for new studies. The bibliometric analysis method was used in the research. The research was analyzed using the content taken from the Web Of Science database, which is the bibtex size extension of the R 4.2.2 package program. The concepts of "aviation" and "sustainability" were evaluated to collect data. 1,046 studies were accessed in the Web of Science database. 404 English articles included in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) index between 2010 and 2023 were selected. It is seen that the research on concepts was conducted in 2022 with the highest number of works with 84 works, and the average number of citations to the studies was 12.88. Among the publications on concepts, there are 4 articles that fall into the Turkey-centered review category. This determined situation indicates that there is not enough interest in sustainability issues in the aviation field in Turkey. There are very few works on aviation and sustainability concepts in our country. This situation shows that academic interest is very insufficient. It is considered extremely important for the sustainable future of the aviation sector that such current concepts are addressed in the international literature and that researchers show interest in this subject.