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Digital transformation as distributed leadership: Firing the change agent

Year: 2022
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Literature has tended to describe digital transformation (the implementation and use of new digital technologies to enable major business improvements) as a strategic and rational process with clear roles, the most important one being a Chief digital officer or Chief digital information officer, who is often an individual appointed as a temporary position to undertake the digital transformation. This study has testified to a less rational, more emergent process, where the digital transformation happens without a Chief digital officer and instead is managed conjoint in the top management team. Based on this study, it is argued that digital transformation can be understood as distributed leadership, which enables a more holistic approach to mobilizing and sustaining digital transformation.
Institution: Aarhus University
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4205658187
FWCI: 11.2
Cites: 39
Cited by: 18
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