Aim: The aim of this study is to understand how digitalization affects on leadership. We investigate how the discussion on digital transformation and leadership has emerged in recent years. Method: This study is based on a single case study connecting a Swedish company called Sandvik. Qualitative research methods have been applied which includes in-depth interviews. Results & Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that digitalization was more or less articulated by the Sandvik managers. Almost all the leaders suggested that digitalization brings new opportunities to their company with the help of which Sandvik got the effective edge on leadership in the digital world. The empirical results show that all the interviewees were in favour of the fact that their organization, leadership, and employees are affected by digitalization. The interviewees believed that their daily life, as well as business-related activities, has been revolutionized by digital transformation. Implications: Managers need to build a situation that will promote the creation of new leaders. Leaders need to make sure that their middle-level managers understand and let them make choices about the core strategy behind the digital transformation. Our theoretical contribution enlists that digitalization was seemed to as an effective and essential driver for promoting effective leadership in an organization. Suggestions for Future Research: Qualitative studies support us to understand how things operate in reality but it does not completely provide one answer to the research questions. It is difficult to generalize the impact of digitalization on leaders and employees since the situation could be different for other companies. It might have been interesting to compare the situation of digital impact on leaders and employees in different industrial segments in the future. As this research is taken under time bond restrictions, we can develop only a concise and short detail therefore future research should be taken to explore a more clear and concise description of the selected topic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-35252 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Mujawar, Saira Banu Sameer, Shafiq, Muhammad |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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