Covid-19 Pandemic: What are the Challenges and Opportunities for e-Leadership?

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has surprised many organizations, this condition has an impact on changing the work culture of organizations. The role of information technology has proven to be the chosen solution for maintaining organizational performance. The main objective of this study is to explore the challenges and opportunities for e-leadership. The main focus of the study is directed at educational organizations and small and medium enterprises in Indonesia. A qualitative approach is used to interview informants scattered in several regions in Indonesia by information technology mediation. An important finding in this paper is that many organizations are not ready to face this condition so that the role of e-leadership is very effective for organizations to maintain the organizations performance and leaders can change their leadership style through social learning and overcome the challenges they must face to become e-leader. In addition, we also find that female leaders tend to be superior to men as e-leader, especially in terms of information technology skills and the use of social media. This paper concludes that e-leadership can be created by leaders who can overcome challenges and seize opportunities to build competitive advantage strategies.

Transforming the digital leadership to improve public service performance in the COVID-19 outbreak

“…To adjust to the conditions during this pandemic, the sub-district heads in the area Pandalunganare implementing digital leadership as an implication of transformational leadership. Digital leadership as a form of leadership theory development has also been tested for its effectiveness under these conditions and this is evidenced by the presence of organizational leaders who are part of this research which reveals the challenges and opportunities of leadership during a period of massive social restrictions and regional quarantine determined by the Indonesian government so that very dependent on information technology (Lehman & Welch, 2020;Mustajab, et al, 2020).…”

“…For that, apart from having communication skills, the Camat must also have skills in the use of information technology. As (Subedi & Subedi, 2020;Mustajab et al, 2020), the leadership of the organization has completely transformed into digital leadership and is very dependent on information technology, so that organizational control currently depends heavily on information technology skills (Kilinc et…”

“…Of course, it is different from communication when in normal conditions. They must improve their communication skills independently (Mustajab et al, 2020). Through the application of digital leadership, the sub-district head motivates his subordinates to achieve organizational goals by optimally utilizing technology.…”

Kepemimpinan Virtual sebagai Alternatif Mempertahankan Budaya Mutu Pondok Pesantren pada Masa Normalitas Baru Pandemi Covid-19

“…The transfer of an online-based system that requires all forms of communication and coordination to run through virtual. From here, leaders are challenged to be able to master adequate skills, especially in terms of effective communication to manage the organization they lead so that there are no misconceptions, equipped with skills in the use of information technology that is relevant to the times, especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis (MUSTAJAB et al, 2020). The steps taken in virtual leadership must be addressed in order to be able to adapt to changes so that they can meet the needs of the community in an educational organization (SERİNİKLİ, 2020).…”

MSMEs Understanding of Taxation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…(Hadiwardoyo, 2020). During the implementation of avoiding the spread of COVID-19 by changing the work pattern and work culture of most businesses in Indonesia, a lot of work postponed and have impact on decreased work productivity (Mustajab et al, 2020). It is clear that the affected parties, namely the MSMEs, corporations and the financial sector as well as households are also affected (Antara, Pryanka, & Candra, 2020).…”