Understanding Leadership in Agile Software Development Teams: Who and How?
Type
04B - Beitrag Konferenzschrift
Zusammenfassung
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.
DOI der Originalausgabe
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08169-9_7Übergeordnetes Werk
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2022
Jahrgang
445
Seiten
99-113
Verlag / Hrsg. Institution
Springer
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Cham
Veranstaltung
XP 2022