Leadership challenges and behaviours in the information technology sector during COVID-19: a comparative study of leaders from India and the U.S

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI:10.1080/13678868.2022.2069429

B. Barhate, Malar Hirudayaraj, Prakash K. Nair

引用次数: 4

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aims to compare the leadership challenges and behaviours in the information technology (IT) sector in India and the United States during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Through a basic exploratory qualitative study, we examined the challenges faced by leaders in both countries and how they evolved their leadership behaviours to meet employee needs and maintain business continuity. Even though situations resulting from the national lockdown and remote work varied across the two countries, leaders faced similar challenges with employee productivity, increased isolation, teamwork, client interactions, and employee’s work life balance. Our findings confirm that leaders from heterogeneous countries exhibit homogeneous behaviours. Leaders invested in increasing their virtual presence, demonstrates exemplary behaviour, and practiced distributed leadership to enable seamless communication among team members.

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新冠肺炎期间信息技术领域的领导挑战和行为：对印度和美国领导人的比较研究

摘要本研究旨在比较当前新冠肺炎大流行期间印度和美国信息技术（IT）部门的领导挑战和行为。通过一项基本的探索性定性研究，我们考察了两国领导人面临的挑战，以及他们如何发展领导行为以满足员工需求并保持业务连续性。尽管全国封锁和远程工作导致的情况在两国各不相同，但领导者在员工生产力、隔离度提高、团队合作、客户互动和员工工作与生活平衡方面也面临着类似的挑战。我们的研究结果证实，来自不同国家的领导人表现出相同的行为。领导者投资于增加他们的虚拟存在，展示模范行为，并实践分布式领导，以实现团队成员之间的无缝沟通。

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11.40

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11.10%

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