TABLE 1.
Concept synthesis method | Field delimitation | Smart working dynamics | ||
Changing behaviors | Creating shared meanings | Integrating physical and technological interactions | ||
Sources collection | Agile leadership Ethical leadership Organic leadership Transformational leadership | Purposeful leadership Resonant leadership Emotional intelligence | Leadership 4.0 e-leadership Smart leadership | |
Notions of leadership | ||||
Categories and subcategories | Antecedents | Attributes | Outcomes | |
Agile philosophy Smart working settings Advanced Information Technology New employees expectations | Visioning Inspiration Self-awareness Relationships creator Lifelong learning Execution Innovation Ethical | New mindset, new methods, new instruments Psychological empowerment Better work-related outcomes Person-Organization alignment | Facilitative function Performative function | |
Evaluation | Leadership in smart working contexts | |||
A facilitative behavior that naturally emerges in smart working contexts to inspire change and produce innovation in the ways of thinking about work. While using advanced technologies to improve organizational effectiveness, it should put people at the center of all processes, which are consistently organized around the principles of agility, autonomy, trust and responsibility. Its inspiring vision, together with ethically driven behaviors contributes to create a shared meaning of change, thus resulting into the alignment of both individual and organizational values, objectives and interests | ||||
Agile approach to work | Innovation | Centrality of employees | Importance of data |
Source: Own elaboration.