Action-embedded transformational leadership in self-managing global information systems development teams

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-120

  Eseryel, U Yeliz ^a   Eseryel, Deniz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action embedded leadership; Effectiveness; F LOSS; Global team; IS development for competitive advantage; IS development team; Open Source Software; OSS; Self managing team; Self managing virtual IS development; Transformational leadership; Vision transformation

Indexed keywords

ACTION-EMBEDDED LEADERSHIP; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL TEAMS; IS DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OSS; SELF-MANAGING TEAM; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880235728     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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