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Identifying and Overcoming Future Challenges in Leadership: The Role of IS in Facilitating Empowerment

In: Innovation Through Information Systems

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  • Maren Gierlich-Joas

    (LMU Munich)

Abstract

As digital workplaces change due to innovative technologies, managers have to deal with novel expectations of leadership. In more concrete terms, employees tend to prefer enabling leadership styles over coercive approaches. At the same time, information systems (IS) for leadership get more powerful and are applied in support of leadership. In this study, we investigate both the challenges that arise for leadership because of the changes in framing conditions and how these challenges can be overcome. We carry out an explorative Delphi study to build on the experience of a carefully selected panel of experts. We also gain important insights by conducting qualitative follow-up interviews with specific experts from the panel. The findings emphasize the increasing role of employee empowerment. Organizational change is essential to overcome the challenges, and leadership-related IS can facilitate this transformation to a certain degree. In sum, this study contributes to research on leadership in the digital age.

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  • Maren Gierlich-Joas, 2021. "Identifying and Overcoming Future Challenges in Leadership: The Role of IS in Facilitating Empowerment," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Frederik Ahlemann & Reinhard Schütte & Stefan Stieglitz (ed.), Innovation Through Information Systems, pages 537-553, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-030-86800-0_38
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86800-0_38
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