E-leadership has emerged in virtual team literature as an important determinant of relationship building. However, the way e-leaders develop high quality relationship between virtual team members is little understood. The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles that enable virtual...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles that enable e-leaders to build high-quality exchanges with their team members. We use behavioral complexity theory to analyze the roles played by leaders of virtual teams, and helping them to develop effective leader-member exchanges (LMX)....

This chapter investigates the role of e-leaders in building and maintaining collective awareness within virtual teams. The authors examine the effects of behavioral leadership orientation on collective awareness building. The study explores the bi-dimensional structure of both collective...

For the past two decades, researchers have sought to understand how IT investment leads to organizational success. However, this has proven to be an elusive goal. We posit that a new perspective is needed to better understand IT investment. We must examine how the investment is enacted and...

La plupart des recherches antérieures se sont concentrées à mesurer et vérifier l’importance du concept d’alignement à un instant t (par le biais d’échelles de mesure suivant une approche quantitative). Notre étude des dynamiques de l’alignement vise à assurer une meilleure...

Quel est le métier d’un Professeur d’université et, plus spécifiquement, d’un Professeur de Management aujourd’hui ? Quelles sont ses diverses fonctions ? Quel est le véritable portefeuille d’activités d’un Professeur de Management au 21e siècle, à l’heure où la diffusion...

In information systems (IS) research, there is a solid consensus in acknowledging Henderson’s & Vankatraman’s (1993) concept and model of strategy alignment. It provides a rational technical and managerial standard for optimal choice and management of SI. Paradoxically, many IS...