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Digital Leadership als Paradoxiebewältigung: Zentrale Herausforderungen der Personalführung im digitalen Zeitalter

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Unternehmen und Organisationen sind in den letzten Jahren durch neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien unter erheblichen Veränderungs- und Anpassungsdruck geraten. Dabei hat sich im Zuge der Digitalisierung auch die Organisation von Erwerbsarbeit in massiver Art und Weise verändert und es ist unter anderem zu einer verstärkten Dezentralisierung von Entscheidung gekommen. Führungskräfte werden vor diesem Hintergrund sowohl als Treiber wie auch als Betroffene der Digitalisierung vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden auf Basis ausgewählter theoretischer Überlegungen und empirischer Befunde zentrale Herausforderungen an Führungskräfte im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung herausgearbeitet. Im Fokus der Betrachtungen steht die Beobachtung, dass sich Führungskräfte im Zuge des technologischen und gesellschaftlichen Wandels mit in Teilen paradoxen Anforderungen konfrontiert sehen. Führung bedeutet vor diesem Hintergrund in erster Linie einen produktiven Umgang mit Widersprüchen. Der vorliegende Beitrag skizzierte ausgewählte Herausforderungen an Führungskräfte im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung und zeigt etwaige Möglichkeiten zum praktischen Umgang mit diesen widersprüchlichen Herausforderungen auf. Rekurriert wird in diesem Zusammenhang insbesondere auf die Konzepte des Paradoxical Leader Behaviors und des Paradoxical Mindets.

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  • Martin, Alexander, 2025. "Digital Leadership als Paradoxiebewältigung: Zentrale Herausforderungen der Personalführung im digitalen Zeitalter," Flensburger Hefte zu Unternehmertum und Mittelstand 22, Jackstädt-Zentrum Flensburg.
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