TY - GEN
T1 - A Conceptual Model of Antecedents of Emergent Leadership in Agile Teams
AU - Przybilla, Leonard
AU - Präg, Alexander
AU - Wiesche, Manuel
AU - Krcmar, Helmut
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Owner/Author.
PY - 2020/6/19
Y1 - 2020/6/19
N2 - Self-organization is a key proposition of agile software development (ASD). Despite this stark emphasis, there is little understanding how self-organization actually works. Drawing on established findings in general group research, we propose emergent leadership, that is taking on leadership roles without formal authority, to be an enabler of effective self-organization in ASD teams. By contextualizing extant knowledge, we develop a theoretical model of antecedents of emergent leadership in ASD teams and how ASD practices reinforce these relationships. Our model is of value to research by increasing understanding which factors make agile teamwork effective.
AB - Self-organization is a key proposition of agile software development (ASD). Despite this stark emphasis, there is little understanding how self-organization actually works. Drawing on established findings in general group research, we propose emergent leadership, that is taking on leadership roles without formal authority, to be an enabler of effective self-organization in ASD teams. By contextualizing extant knowledge, we develop a theoretical model of antecedents of emergent leadership in ASD teams and how ASD practices reinforce these relationships. Our model is of value to research by increasing understanding which factors make agile teamwork effective.
KW - Agile practices
KW - Agile software development
KW - Emergent leadership
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088599026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3378539.3393844
DO - 10.1145/3378539.3393844
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088599026
T3 - SIGMIS-CPR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Computers and People Research Conference
SP - 164
EP - 166
BT - SIGMIS-CPR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Computers and People Research Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2020 Computers and People Research Conference, SIGMIS-CPR 2020
Y2 - 19 June 2020 through 21 June 2020
ER -