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Leadership in times of change: Exploring the follower’s experience of digital transformation
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Digital transformation is a challenging undertaking for most businesses. It disrupts prior organizational processes and structures and affects the way leadership is manifested. Leadership literature has historically focused a great deal on the leader’s perspective, even so in discussions concerning digital transformation. Scholars agree that followers are an essential part to leadership, yet their perspective is often overlooked in the discussion. This study focuses on the follower experience in digital transformation.

Based on a review of extant literature, I structure a theoretical framework comprising several concepts such as; AIT, context, leadership style, digital mindset and digital fluency. I have collected data through semi-structured group-interviews and have adopted a narrative analysis to interpret the data collected from 21 respondents, from three different sectors, that have experienced digital transformation as followers.

The insights from the study deepen our understanding of the follower’s perspective of digital transformation and highlight three areas of import for a successful digital transformation; trust, stress and work-life balance. I conclude the study by outlining directions for future research. 

Abstract [sv]

Digital transformation är en utmaning för de flesta företag. Det är disruptivt och utmanar tidigare organisatoriska processer och strukturer och påverkar hur ledarskap manifesteras. Ledarskapslitteraturen har historiskt fokuserat på ledarperspektivet, även så i diskussioner om digital transformation. Forskare är överens om att följare är en viktig del av ledarskap, men deras perspektiv förbises ofta i diskussionen. Denna studie fokuserar på följarupplevelsen i digital transformation.

Baserat på en genomgång av befintlig litteratur, strukturerar jag ett teoretiskt ramverk som omfattar flera begrepp så som; AIT, kontext, ledarstil, digitalt mindset och digitalt flyt. Jag har samlat in data genom semistrukturerade gruppintervjuer och har antagit en narrativ analys för att tolka data som samlats in från 21 respondenter, från tre olika sektorer, som har upplevt digital transformation som följare.

Insikterna från studien fördjupar vår förståelse av följarens perspektiv på digital transformation och lyfter fram tre viktiga områden för en framgångsrik digital transformation; tillit, stress och balans mellan arbete och privatliv. Jag avslutar studien med att föreslå riktningar för framtida forskning

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 38
Keywords [en]
Digital transformation, digitalization, follower perspective, leadership, AIT, digital mindset, digital fluency, context
Keywords [sv]
Digital transformation, digitalisering, följarperspektiv, ledarskap, AIT, digitalt mindset, digitalt fluency, kontext
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18738Local ID: EXF610OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18738DiVA, id: diva2:1677741
Subject / course
Business administration
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Magisterprogram i ledarskap
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Available from: 2022-07-15 Created: 2022-06-28 Last updated: 2022-08-15Bibliographically approved

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