Impact of Informational Technology on Transformational Leadership
Abstract
The global economy has undergone a major transition that is fundamentally changing how organizations build new markets and relate to their stakeholders. At the center of this transformation is Advanced Information Technology (AIT), which is enabling completely new ways of working and creating value in both the physical world and the virtual world (Rayport & Sviokla, 1995). These changes require a significant adaptation on the part of the leadership in organizations to the new emerging realities of the marketplace, while also continuing to evolve and remain productive in the "old world order". Past leadership research has not focused on issues confronting the leadership in organizations where work is mediated by AIT.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION5
Why Leadership Is Valuable At All Organizational Levels7
ADVANCED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP12
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL-LEADERSHIP15
ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION THEORY18
Modifications to Adaptive Structuration Theory22
LEADERSHIP & ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION FRAMEWORK23
Leadership and Adaptation to New Technology24
Technology's Effect on Leadership27
Summary28
LEADERSHIP IN GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEM SETTING29
Studies of the Effects of Group Leaders without Leadership Manipulation30
Studies of Effects of Group Support System Facilitation38
Studies of the Effects of Group Leaders with Leadership Manipulation46
Summary56
ADDITIONAL GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEM RESEARCH WITH INDIRECT LINKAGES TO LEADERSHIP57
Relational Development in Group Support System Contexts63
Impact of Group History on Group Support System Interactions64
Further Explorations of Anonymity Impact on Group Support Interactions65
Group Identification and its Impact on Group Support System Interactions66
Cultural Differences and Computer-Mediated Group Interactions68
Impact of Distance on Computer-Mediated Interactions69
TECHNOLOGICAL-LEADERSHIP AND TRUST-BUILDING IN VIRTUAL TEAMS69
Modeling the Effects of Transactional and Transformational Leadership in Virtual Teams71
Effects of Leadership on Trust and Interaction73
Effect of Technology's Media Richness on Trust and Interaction75
Interaction of Leadership and Collaboration Technology on Trust75
Effect of Team Interaction on Team Outcomes76
Proposed Research Design76
Data Collection78
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE79
Some Future Directions for Technological-Leadership Research82
REFERENCES93
Impact of Informational Technology on Transformational Leadership
INTRODUCTION
The global economy has undergone a major transition that is fundamentally changing how organizations build new markets and relate to their stakeholders. At the center of this transformation is Advanced Information Technology (AIT), which is enabling completely new ways of working and creating value in both the physical world and the virtual world (Rayport & Sviokla, 1995). These changes require a significant adaptation on the part of the leadership in organizations to the new emerging realities of the marketplace, while also continuing to evolve and remain productive in the "old world order". Past leadership research has not focused on issues confronting the leadership in organizations where work is mediated by AIT.
Although leadership has been a topic of interest for thousands of years, scientific research in this area was only begun in the 20th century. Early research, building upon the great man theory of leadership, found that the situation also plays a vital role in determining leader effectiveness and that; to be effective, leaders must behave differently in different situations. The focus then shifted to discovering which behaviors and circumstances must be joined to produce effective group and organizational outcomes. Early research at Michigan and Ohio State universities discovered that leaders must attend to both task-oriented and social/emotional issues ...