Understanding Leadership in Agile Software Development Teams: Who and How?
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Authors
Biddle, Robert
Gregory, Peggy
Anslow, Craig
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09.06.2022
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04B - Conference paper
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Stray, Viktoria
Stol, Klaas-Jan
Paasivaara, Maria
Kruchten, Philippe
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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2022
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Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
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445
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99-113
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Springer
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Cham
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Abstract
In this paper we report on a study of the nature of different aspects of leadership in agile teams. We used an established model of leadership, distinguishing transactional and transformational styles, and asked IT professionals a set of questions about the leadership they experience, both from direct supervisors (hierarchical leadership) and from the team itself (shared leadership). Our results show that agility is indeed related to the transformational style, but that the transactional style also plays a part, especially as shared leadership. Furthermore, even in highly agile software development, leadership by direct supervisors still plays an important role. We propose that, as software development becomes more agile, the transactional aspects of leadership may shift away from the leadership dyad between supervisor and employee into the agile team, while transformational leadership is important for both the team and supervisors.
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agile software development, agile teams, leadership, shared leadership
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330 - Wirtschaft
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XP 2022
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978-3-031-08168-2
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English
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Yes
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Published
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Gold
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WEICHBRODT, Johann, Martin KROPP, Robert BIDDLE, Peggy GREGORY, Craig ANSLOW, Ursina Maria BÜHLER, Magdalena MATEESCU und Andreas MEIER, 2022. Understanding Leadership in Agile Software Development Teams: Who and How? In: Viktoria STRAY, Klaas-Jan STOL, Maria PAASIVAARA und Philippe KRUCHTEN (Hrsg.), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2022. Cham: Springer. 9 Juni 2022. S. 99–113. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 445. ISBN 978-3-031-08168-2. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4455