Towards an Understanding of Data's Influence on Leadership

Maren Gierlich, Thomas Hess

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Abstract

In an increasingly digital world, companies collect a growing amount of data on their customers, processes and employees. While many contributions focus on the integration of data in new business models and processes, little attention is paid to the use of new insights for leadership. Therefore, we investigate the influence of employees' data on the leadership functions of "interpersonal", "information processing" and "decision-making". We apply a qualitative, explorative research approach and conduct two case studies with companies, one being advanced in the use of data for leadership and the other just starting its transformation process. Combining the insights from both case studies with previous findings from literature, we provide three propositions on how employees' data affect the different facets of leadership.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Business Information Systems 2020 "Developments, Opportunities and Challenges of Digitization", Wirtschaftsinformatik 2020
EditorsNorbert Gronau, Moreen Heine, Hanna Krasnova, K. Poustcchi
Number of pages16
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherGito Verlag
Publication date2020
Pages1665-1680
ISBN (Print)9783955453367
ISBN (Electronic)9783955453350
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference on Business Information Systems 2020: Developments, Opportunities and Challenges of Digitization, WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK 2020 - Potsdam, Germany
Duration: 8 Mar 202011 Mar 2020

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Business Information Systems 2020: Developments, Opportunities and Challenges of Digitization, WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK 2020
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityPotsdam
Period08/03/202011/03/2020

Keywords

  • Data-driven management
  • Digital transformation
  • Hris
  • Leadership
  • Qualitative case studies

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