Defining leadership that fosters creativity in virtual work – Descriptive interpretative concept analysis
Keywords:
luovuus, virtuaalisuus, virtuaalityö, johtaminen, transformaalinen johtaminen, tunneälyjohtaminen, kompleksinen johtaminen, teoreettinen pluralismi, creativity, virtuality, virtual work, leadership, transformational leadership, emotional leadership, complexity leadership, theoretical pluralismAbstract
Tapping common creativity of people inside and outside organizational, geo- graphical and technological boundaries is a big challenge for leaders in virtual work to add value in value chains. The object of this article is – through the descriptive interpretative concept analysis and inductive epistemological approach – to define leadership that fosters creativity in virtual work. The outcome is a map of mutual connections of the concepts of virtuality, creativity and transformational, emotional and complexity leadership. The findings suggest that effective leadership in virtual work requires broad understanding of virtuality and creativity and spaces and relations between people. The analysis indicates benefits from integral theoretical pluralism, i.e. from utilizing several theoretical approaches in developing leadership theory for virtuality at work, and offers thoughts for creating new concepts and developing leadership towards sustainability in organizations.
