@inproceedings{4a34454396db44aa8902ac5e9b385a81,
title = "Distributed ISD Team Leadership and the Paradox of Cohesion and Conflict",
abstract = "Distributed ISD projects are often typified by deep-seated differences between team members from diverse organizational and professional backgrounds. Consequently, literature suggests that cohesion is crucial for aligning the efforts of a distributed ISD team; however, a competing body of literature also asserts that conflict is essential for capitalizing on diverse knowledge flows. Team leaders can therefore face a conundrum around how to balance the paradoxical need for both cohesion and conflict. In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework to analyze case study findings from the 'CDSS project', a distributed ISD project undertaken in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We find evidence that distributed ISD leaders must adopt a 'paradox mindset', one which embraces both cohesion and conflict. Based on these findings, we also put forward the concept of 'leadership intelligence' which describes the simultaneous enactment of a diverse set of leadership styles for balancing constructive cohesion and conflict.",
author = "Stephen McCarthy and Paidi O'Raghallaigh and Ciara Fitzgerald and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Adam",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.; 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 ; Conference date: 08-01-2019 Through 11-01-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
isbn = " 978-0-9981331-2-6",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "590--599",
editor = "Bui, \{Tung X.\}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019",
address = "United States",
}