virtual leadership style: its opportunities and challenges in international business

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 PhD in Public Administration, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

3 Master student in strategic management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of understanding the virtual leadership style and analyzing its opportunities and challenges in international businesses. According to the research approach , the statistical population of the research consists of 17 professors and managers of private organizations, who were selected based on the principle of theoretical adequacy and targeted sampling. The data collection tool in the qualitative part of the semi-structured interview, whose validity was confirmed through content validity and its reliability with the help of intra-coder and inter-coder reliability. On the other hand, the data collection tool in the quantitative section is the Delphi questionnaire, which was confirmed using content validity and inconsistency rate, respectively. It should be noted that the data obtained in the qualitative section were analyzed using the Atlas software. Analysis coding method and opportunities and challenges of virtual leadership in international businesses were identified. Also, in order to determine the amount and degree of importance of the results in the quantitative part, this was done using the fuzzy Delphi method. The results show that creating multi-purpose teams, solving social and global issues, improving creativity and innovation, selecting top talents and reducing costs are the most important virtual leadership opportunities in business and They are international works. On the other hand, weak information literacy, lack of appropriate communication infrastructure, cultural and linguistic diversity, education and learning, and conflicts with policies, laws and regulations are the most important challenges of virtual leadership in international businesses.

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