Book chapter
Slow Dancing in a Microsoft Teams Room: A Sociology of Leadership in the Age of Geographic Dispersal
Organizational Sociology in the Digital Age, pp.21-36
IGI Global
2025
Abstract
This chapter comprises a comprehensive analysis of pertinent literature on leading geographically dispersed teams (GDTs), in particular, those working at Australian universities in the post-COVID era. The study seeks to understand the unique challenges faced by leaders whose teams operate geographically dispersed by choice and, where relevant, offers solutions to these challenges for those leading GDTs. The central finding is that successfully leading GDTs requires awareness of – and attendance to – an ‘Effective Leadership Triad', comprising the tenets of (1) Building Trust, (2) Getting the Communications Right, and (3) Privileging Distributed Leadership. We explore the implications of this review for current and emerging leaders in the tertiary education sector.
Details
- Title
- Slow Dancing in a Microsoft Teams Room: A Sociology of Leadership in the Age of Geographic Dispersal
- Authors/Creators
- Sam TeagueDr Kim Hudson PhD FHEANoraisha Oyama
- Contributors
- Mehmet Ferhat Özbek (Editor)Bryan Christiansen (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Organizational Sociology in the Digital Age, pp.21-36
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Number of pages
- 16
- Identifiers
- 991005778133807891
- Copyright
- © 2025 IGI Global Scientific Publishing - All Rights Reserved
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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