Moment of dialogic leadership in Finnish IT organisation
Industrial and Commercial Training
ISSN: 0019-7858
Article publication date: 3 August 2020
Issue publication date: 3 August 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to describe the construction of leadership through authentic dialogues at work and leaders’ actions as contributors to dialogic leadership.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors collected the data by recording the organisation’s meetings and discussions and used content analysis of dialogic leadership and typifying of critical moments as analytical methods.
Findings
On the basis of the findings, this paper suggests that dialogic leadership begins with a startup critical moment and progresses through the different positions by manager and employees through democratic interaction. Individual and collective level learning of participants and the formation of new knowledge were used in decision- or conclusion-making. The manager promoted the construction of dialogic leadership in conversation by creating important critical moments, which enabled a dialogue to start or contributed to already ongoing dialogue.
Originality/value
The study proposes concrete actions that can be applied in working life. This study provides a new understanding of the leader’s activities in promoting dialogue.
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Acknowledgements
Funded by The Finnish Work Environment Fund 114386.
Citation
Lemmetty, S. and Collin, K. (2020), "Moment of dialogic leadership in Finnish IT organisation", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 52 No. 4, pp. 195-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-01-2020-0007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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