Digital Leadership ‒ Mountain or Molehill? A Literature Review
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Authors
Despite the high relevance of digital leadership (DL) in practitioner outlets, its definition and determinants remain fuzzy, resulting in impeded DL theory development. Based on a structured literature review grounded in 96 publications, we developed a new definition of DL and a nomological determinant network. First, we provide conceptual clarity by differentiating DL from E-leadership with a definition of the former. Second, we present an inductively developed nomological network that specifies 13 DL determinants structured per the categories organizational level, individual level, and digital leader. Based on this network, we propose six future research areas, which are (1) theoretical clarity of DL as a concept, (2) measurement systems, (3) DL’s impact on output variables, (4) empirical evidence about determinants of the nomological network, (5) research design extensions through further perspectives and instruments, and (6) approaches to adopt DL.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Innovation Through Information Systems : Volume III: A Collection of Latest Research on Management Issues |
Editors | Frederik Ahlemann, Reinhard Schütte, Stefan Stieglitz |
Number of pages | 15 |
Volume | 3 |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
Publication date | 2021 |
Pages | 223-237 |
ISBN (print) | 978-3-030-86799-7 |
ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-030-86800-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik: Innovation through Information Systems - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Essen, Germany Duration: 09.03.2021 → 11.03.2021 Conference number: 16 https://wi2021.de/start.html |
- Business informatics - Digital leadership, Digital transformation, Literature review, Organization transformation, Leadership 4.0