E-leadership: Implications for theory, research, and practice

In this article we review literature to build a broad understanding of what constitutes e-leadership in organizations. We propose a framework based on Adaptive Structuration Theory that could be used to study how Advanced Inf ormation Technology could influence and is influenced by leadership. Accord ing to our framework, the effects of Advanced Information Technology emerge from their interaction with organizational structures of which leadership is a part. Furthermore, organizational structures, including leadership, ma y themselves be transformed as a result of interactions with Advanced Infor mation Technology. We use our Adaptive Structuration Theory-based framework to pool relevant results and suggestions from a diverse array of literatur e to provide recommendations for developing a research agenda on e-leadersh ip.