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. 2020 Feb;31(1):101377.
doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101377. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Leading Teams in the Digital Age: Four Perspectives on Technology and What They Mean for Leading Teams

Lindsay Larson  1 , Leslie DeChurch  1
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Leading Teams in the Digital Age: Four Perspectives on Technology and What They Mean for Leading Teams

Lindsay Larson et al. Leadersh Q. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

Digital technologies are changing the nature of teamwork in ways that have important implications for leadership. Though conceptually rich and multi-disciplinary, much of the burgeoning work on technology has not been fully integrated into the leadership literature. To fill this gap, we organize existing work on leadership and technology, outlining four perspectives: (1) technology as context, (2) technology as sociomaterial, (3) technology as creation medium, and (4) technology as teammate. Each technology perspective makes assumptions about how technologies affect teams and the needs for team leadership. Within each perspective, we detail current work on leading teams. This section takes us from virtual teams to new vistas posed by leading online communities, crowds, peer production groups, flash teams, human-robot teams, and human-artificial intelligence teams. We identify 12 leadership implications arising from the ways digital technologies affect organizing. We then leverage our review to identify directions for future leadership research and practice.

Keywords: digital technology; team effectiveness; team leadership.

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