A REVIEW ON DIGITAL LEADERSHIP STUDIES

Year 2020, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 57 - 69, 31.01.2020

Ömür N. Özmen Engin Eriş Pınar Özer

Abstract

Digitalization, defined as the 5th Kondaratieff Wave, which is the main factor of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is one of the priorities discussed in practice and academic literature, exposing the business world to new competitive realities. At this point, it is accepted that the first role in adapting to digital transformation is the leader. As a result of the literature review conducted between 1990- 2019, it is understand that there is a paradigm shift in leadership. This study aims to reveal the typology of the studies in the literature on digital leadership studies. For this purpose, using key words, articles were scanned and 111 studies were selected for review. In this qualitative study, content analysis was utilized. In the studies examined, digitalization, the effects of digitalization on leadership and the skills and competencies that the leader should have are discussed and it is remarkable that most of these studies are conceptual. It has been concluded that the issue of digital leadership, which draws attention in practice and popular literature, should be dealt with in different academic aspects and new empirical studies designed to develop measurable models of digital leadership have been concluded.

Keywords

Digitalization, Digital Leadership, Digital Leadership Skills, Digital Leadership Competencies

DİJİTAL LİDERLİK ÇALIŞMALARINA BİR BAKIŞ

Abstract

Dördüncü Sanayi Devrimi’nin temel faktörü olan ve 5. Kondaratieff Dalga olarak tanımlanan ‘dijitalleşme’, iş dünyasını yeni rekabetçi gerçeklerle karşı karşıya bırakarak, uygulamada ve akademik yazında tartışılan öncelikli konulardan biridir. Bu noktada dijital dönüşüme uyum sağlamada birinci rolün liderde olduğu kabul edilen bir gerçektir. 1990-2019 yıllarını kapsayan yazın taraması sonucunda liderlikte bir paradigma değişimi olduğu görülmektedir. Çalışma, dijital liderlik çalışmalarına ilişkin yazında yer alan çalışmaların tipolojisini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Amaca yönelik olarak anahtar sözcükler ile İngilizce süreli yayınlar taranmış ve 111 çalışma inceleme için seçilmiştir. Nitel olarak tasarlanan bu çalışmada içerik analizinden yararlanılmıştır. İncelenen çalışmalarda dijitalleşmenin ne olduğu, dijitalleşmenin liderlik üzerindeki etkileri ve liderin sahip olması gereken beceri ve yetkinlikler tartışılmış olup bu çalışmaların çoğunun kavramsal olduğu dikkat çekmektedir. Uygulamada ve popüler yazında dikkat çeken ‘dijital liderlik’ konusunun akademik açıdan da farklı boyutları ile ele alınması ve dijital liderliğe ilişkin ölçülebilir modeller geliştirmek üzere tasarlanmış yeni görgül çalışmaların gerçekleştirilmesinin gerekliliği sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Dijitalleşme, Dijital Liderlik, Dijital Liderlik Becerileri, Dijital Liderlik Yetenekleri

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