IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/arbeit/v30y2021i3p239-259n3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Von der charismatischen Herrschaft zum ‚digital leader‘: Führung im Wandel?

Author

Listed:
  • Elias Friederike

    (Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Bergheimer Str. 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Deutschland)

  • Valarini Elizangela

    (Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Bergheimer Str. 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Deutschland)

Abstract

In the course of the digital transformation, a fundamental change in the structures of companies is postulated in order to ensure better adaptation to a changing environment. New leadership concepts are being proposed in management discourse under the labels “digital leadership” or “agile leadership”. In our paper, we are asking whether a sweeping reorganization of the leadership relationship is actually taking place. Based on 36 interviews with executives from companies operating in the manufacturing and service sectors, we conducted a sociological collective mindset analysis, the results of which are discussed here. Our findings reveal continuities in German managers’ understanding of leadership rather than a fundamental change. Rather, digitalization is reinforcing the assertion of the participative leadership style, a development that empirical studies have traced back to the early 1980s.

Suggested Citation

  • Elias Friederike & Valarini Elizangela, 2021. "Von der charismatischen Herrschaft zum ‚digital leader‘: Führung im Wandel?," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 30(3), pages 239-259, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:30:y:2021:i:3:p:239-259:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2021-0017
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/arbeit-2021-0017
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/arbeit-2021-0017?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:30:y:2021:i:3:p:239-259:n:3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.degruyter.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.