M.Sc. Ka­ren Ei­lers

2021

Eilers, K.; Simmert, B.; Peters, C.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2021): Why the Agile Mindset Matters. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM).
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@inproceedings{ls_leimeister, abstract = {Volatility, uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity (VUCA) are drivers in today’s business world. Therefore, an increasing number of organizations implement agility (agile methods) to cope with the rapid and accelerating change. However, these agile transformations do not succeed unhindered, and some fail. One reason for that is the employees lacking an agile mindset and they do not support or participate in the transformation. So far, knowledge of the agile mindset is in its infancy. A conceptualization for developing a measuring instrument on the individual level is lacking. Furthermore, the relevance of the agile mindset regarding organizational performance in a VUCA world is still unclear. Our study aims to close this gap. To do so, we examine the agile mindset with 15 qualitative interviews and conduct an online survey (N=449) to predict organizational agility and organizational performance based on the agile mindset. As for results, we conceptualize the agile mindset as an attitude that comprises four dimensions: ’learning spirit’, ‘collaborative exchange’, ‘empowered self-guiding’, and ‘iterative value creation’. We have found an indirect effect of the agile mindset affecting organizational performance towards organizational agility. These findings contribute to the agility and management research by providing both a conceptualization and a measuring instrument for the agile mindset. Furthermore, the agile mindset´s relevance in agile transformation is explained and its relation to organizational performance outlined. For successful agile transformation, executives must focus on the agile mindset of their employees and foster this by e.g. being a role model.}, author = {Eilers, Karen and Simmert, Benedikt and Peters, Christoph and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, booktitle = {Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM)}, keywords = {Agile_Mindset Organizational_Agility Organizational_Performance itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei}, month = {aug}, title = {Why the Agile Mindset Matters}, year = 2021 }
%0 Conference Paper %1 ls_leimeister %A Eilers, Karen %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Peters, Christoph %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %B Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) %D 2021 %T Why the Agile Mindset Matters %X Volatility, uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity (VUCA) are drivers in today’s business world. Therefore, an increasing number of organizations implement agility (agile methods) to cope with the rapid and accelerating change. However, these agile transformations do not succeed unhindered, and some fail. One reason for that is the employees lacking an agile mindset and they do not support or participate in the transformation. So far, knowledge of the agile mindset is in its infancy. A conceptualization for developing a measuring instrument on the individual level is lacking. Furthermore, the relevance of the agile mindset regarding organizational performance in a VUCA world is still unclear. Our study aims to close this gap. To do so, we examine the agile mindset with 15 qualitative interviews and conduct an online survey (N=449) to predict organizational agility and organizational performance based on the agile mindset. As for results, we conceptualize the agile mindset as an attitude that comprises four dimensions: ’learning spirit’, ‘collaborative exchange’, ‘empowered self-guiding’, and ‘iterative value creation’. We have found an indirect effect of the agile mindset affecting organizational performance towards organizational agility. These findings contribute to the agility and management research by providing both a conceptualization and a measuring instrument for the agile mindset. Furthermore, the agile mindset´s relevance in agile transformation is explained and its relation to organizational performance outlined. For successful agile transformation, executives must focus on the agile mindset of their employees and foster this by e.g. being a role model.

2020

Eilers, K.; Simmert, B.; … Peters, C. (2020): Doing Agile vs. Being Agile - Understanding Their Effects to Improve Agile Work. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). ICIS Proceedings.
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@inproceedings{ls_leimeister, abstract = {Companies show a growing demand in corporate agility. The effects of so-called doing and being agile are the key for positive outcomes in agile work. Scrum is used by companies to make them more agile. The present study examines the interaction of doing agile (leadership, work design) and being agile (individual characteristics, empowerment) in relation to satisfaction and commitment based on an online survey of 129 Scrum development team members. The results show that work design and leadership impact empowerment and that the latter leads to both job satisfaction and commitment. Team orientation has no effect. Openness for new actions moderates the relationship between work design and the outcome variables. The results can be used in practice to increase the satisfaction and commitment within Scrum. They provide an insight into the impact structure within Scrum and are thus also the basis for future research.}, author = {Eilers, Karen and Simmert, Benedikt and Peters, Christoph}, booktitle = {International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)}, keywords = {Being_agile Doing_agile Empowerment Leadership Scrum Work_design itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_kei}, publisher = {ICIS Proceedings}, title = {Doing Agile vs. Being Agile - Understanding Their Effects to Improve Agile Work}, year = 2020 }
%0 Conference Paper %1 ls_leimeister %A Eilers, Karen %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Peters, Christoph %B International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) %D 2020 %I ICIS Proceedings %T Doing Agile vs. Being Agile - Understanding Their Effects to Improve Agile Work %U http://pubs.wi-kassel.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JML_806.pdf %X Companies show a growing demand in corporate agility. The effects of so-called doing and being agile are the key for positive outcomes in agile work. Scrum is used by companies to make them more agile. The present study examines the interaction of doing agile (leadership, work design) and being agile (individual characteristics, empowerment) in relation to satisfaction and commitment based on an online survey of 129 Scrum development team members. The results show that work design and leadership impact empowerment and that the latter leads to both job satisfaction and commitment. Team orientation has no effect. Openness for new actions moderates the relationship between work design and the outcome variables. The results can be used in practice to increase the satisfaction and commitment within Scrum. They provide an insight into the impact structure within Scrum and are thus also the basis for future research.
Peters, C.; Simmert, B.; Eilers, K.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2020): Future Organization Report 2020. St.Gallen, Switzerland und Frankfurt, Germany.: Institute of Information Management at University of St.Gallen and Campana & Schott Business Services GmbH.
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@book{ls_leimeister, address = {St.Gallen, Switzerland und Frankfurt, Germany.}, author = {Peters, Christoph and Simmert, Benedikt and Eilers, Karen and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, keywords = {itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei}, publisher = {Institute of Information Management at University of St.Gallen and Campana & Schott Business Services GmbH}, title = {Future Organization Report 2020}, year = 2020 }
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Simmert, B.; Eilers, K.; Peters, C.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2020): Interne Crowd Work als Baustein einer Empowerment-orientierten Arbeitsorganisation. Daum, M., Wedel, M., Zinke-Wehlmann, C. & Ulbrich, H. (Reds), Gestaltung vernetzt-flexibler Arbeit - Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis für die digitale Arbeitswelt (bll 209–226). Berlin: Springer Vieweg.
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@incollection{ls_leimeister, abstract = {Interne Crowd Work gewinnt im Hinblick auf eine agilitätsfördernde Arbeitsorganisation immer mehr an Bedeutung. Das Empowerment der Mitarbeitenden kann dabei als ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor angesehen werden. Um das Empowerment in interner Crowd Work zielgerichtet zu untersuchen und die Wahrnehmung aus Sicht der Mitarbeitenden sowie die Effekte auf Ebene der Gesamtorganisation zu verstehen und beschreiben zu können, analysieren wir die interne Crowd Work mit Hilfe einer literaturbasierten erweiterten Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung sowie empirisch anhand von sechs Fallstudien. Auf organisationaler Ebene stehen im Ergebnis dabei insbesondere die Themen Organisationskultur, abteilungsübergreifende Zusammenarbeit und die Gestaltung von Aufgaben und Projekten im Fokus. Auf individueller Ebene können vornehmlich die selbstbestimmte Wahl von Arbeitsaufgaben inkl. selbstorganisierter Arbeitsprozesse sowie neue Führungsansätze als wesentliche Stellschrauben identifiziert werden.}, address = {Berlin}, author = {Simmert, Benedikt and Eilers, Karen and Peters, Christoph and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, booktitle = {Gestaltung vernetzt-flexibler Arbeit - Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis für die digitale Arbeitswelt}, editor = {Daum, Mario and Wedel, Marco and Zinke-Wehlmann, Christian and Ulbrich, Hannah}, keywords = {Agility Empowerment Interne_Crowd_Work Organisation itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei}, pages = {209-226}, publisher = {Springer Vieweg}, title = {Interne Crowd Work als Baustein einer Empowerment-orientierten Arbeitsorganisation}, year = 2020 }
%0 Book Section %1 ls_leimeister %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Eilers, Karen %A Peters, Christoph %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %B Gestaltung vernetzt-flexibler Arbeit - Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis für die digitale Arbeitswelt %C Berlin %D 2020 %E Daum, Mario %E Wedel, Marco %E Zinke-Wehlmann, Christian %E Ulbrich, Hannah %I Springer Vieweg %P 209-226 %R https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61560-7_13 %T Interne Crowd Work als Baustein einer Empowerment-orientierten Arbeitsorganisation %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-61560-7_13 %X Interne Crowd Work gewinnt im Hinblick auf eine agilitätsfördernde Arbeitsorganisation immer mehr an Bedeutung. Das Empowerment der Mitarbeitenden kann dabei als ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor angesehen werden. Um das Empowerment in interner Crowd Work zielgerichtet zu untersuchen und die Wahrnehmung aus Sicht der Mitarbeitenden sowie die Effekte auf Ebene der Gesamtorganisation zu verstehen und beschreiben zu können, analysieren wir die interne Crowd Work mit Hilfe einer literaturbasierten erweiterten Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung sowie empirisch anhand von sechs Fallstudien. Auf organisationaler Ebene stehen im Ergebnis dabei insbesondere die Themen Organisationskultur, abteilungsübergreifende Zusammenarbeit und die Gestaltung von Aufgaben und Projekten im Fokus. Auf individueller Ebene können vornehmlich die selbstbestimmte Wahl von Arbeitsaufgaben inkl. selbstorganisierter Arbeitsprozesse sowie neue Führungsansätze als wesentliche Stellschrauben identifiziert werden. %@ 978-3-662-61559-1
Simmert, B.; Reinhard, M.-T.; Eilers, K.; Peters, C.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2020): Handlungsbroschüre: Interne Crowd Work als agile Form der Arbeitsorganisation - Handlungsempfehlungen zum Empowerment-orientierten Ansatz (9th ed, Vol ITeG Technical Reports: Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Informationstechnik-Gestaltung (ITeG) an der Universität Kassel). Kassel, Germany: Kassel University Press.
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@book{ls_leimeister, address = {Kassel, Germany}, author = {Simmert, Benedikt and Reinhard, Marie-Therese and Eilers, Karen and Peters, Christoph and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, edition = 9, keywords = {itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei pub_tre}, number = 9, publisher = {Kassel University Press}, title = {Handlungsbroschüre: Interne Crowd Work als agile Form der Arbeitsorganisation - Handlungsempfehlungen zum Empowerment-orientierten Ansatz}, volume = {ITeG Technical Reports: Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Informationstechnik-Gestaltung (ITeG) an der Universität Kassel}, year = 2020 }
%0 Book %1 ls_leimeister %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Reinhard, Marie-Therese %A Eilers, Karen %A Peters, Christoph %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %C Kassel, Germany %D 2020 %I Kassel University Press %N 9 %T Handlungsbroschüre: Interne Crowd Work als agile Form der Arbeitsorganisation - Handlungsempfehlungen zum Empowerment-orientierten Ansatz %U http://pubs.wi-kassel.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JML_775.pdf %V ITeG Technical Reports: Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Informationstechnik-Gestaltung (ITeG) an der Universität Kassel %7 9 %@ 978-3-7376-5100-4
Simmert, B.; Eilers, K.; Peters, C.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2020): Agile Arbeitsorganisation fordert und fördert Empowerment - Zusammenspiel von sozialen und technischen Elementen in interner Crowd Work. Boes, A., Gül, K., Kämpf, T. & Lühr, T. (Reds), Empowerment in der agilen Arbeitswelt. Analysen, Handlungsorientierungen und Erfolgsfaktoren (bll 53–64). Freiburg, Germany: Haufe.
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@incollection{ls_leimeister, address = {Freiburg, Germany}, author = {Simmert, Benedikt and Eilers, Karen and Peters, Christoph and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, booktitle = {Empowerment in der agilen Arbeitswelt. Analysen, Handlungsorientierungen und Erfolgsfaktoren}, editor = {Boes, Andreas and Gül, Katrin and Kämpf, Tobias and Lühr, Thomas}, keywords = {Agile_Organisation Agilität Empowerment Interner_Crowd_Work itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei}, pages = {53-64}, publisher = {Haufe}, title = {Agile Arbeitsorganisation fordert und fördert Empowerment - Zusammenspiel von sozialen und technischen Elementen in interner Crowd Work}, year = 2020 }
%0 Book Section %1 ls_leimeister %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Eilers, Karen %A Peters, Christoph %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %B Empowerment in der agilen Arbeitswelt. Analysen, Handlungsorientierungen und Erfolgsfaktoren %C Freiburg, Germany %D 2020 %E Boes, Andreas %E Gül, Katrin %E Kämpf, Tobias %E Lühr, Thomas %I Haufe %P 53-64 %T Agile Arbeitsorganisation fordert und fördert Empowerment - Zusammenspiel von sozialen und technischen Elementen in interner Crowd Work %@ 978-3-648-13589-1

2019

Simmert, B.; Eilers, K.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2019): Interne Crowd Work an der Schnittstelle sozialer und technischer Elemente der digitalen Arbeitsorganisation. Schröter, W. (Red), Der mitbestimmte Algorithmus - Gestaltungskompetenz für den Wandel der Arbeit (bll 155–166). Mössingen-Talheim, Germany: Talheimer Verlag.
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@incollection{ls_leimeister, address = {Mössingen-Talheim, Germany}, author = {Simmert, Benedikt and Eilers, Karen and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, booktitle = {Der mitbestimmte Algorithmus - Gestaltungskompetenz für den Wandel der Arbeit}, editor = {Schröter, Welf}, keywords = {Agilität Empowerment Interne_Crowd_Work Sozio-Technisches_System itegpub pub_bsi pub_jml pub_kei}, pages = {155-166}, publisher = {Talheimer Verlag}, title = {Interne Crowd Work an der Schnittstelle sozialer und technischer Elemente der digitalen Arbeitsorganisation}, year = 2019 }
%0 Book Section %1 ls_leimeister %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Eilers, Karen %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %B Der mitbestimmte Algorithmus - Gestaltungskompetenz für den Wandel der Arbeit %C Mössingen-Talheim, Germany %D 2019 %E Schröter, Welf %I Talheimer Verlag %P 155-166 %T Interne Crowd Work an der Schnittstelle sozialer und technischer Elemente der digitalen Arbeitsorganisation %@ 978-3-89376-181-4
Peters, C.; Simmert, B.; Eilers, K.; … Leimeister, J. M. (2019): Future Organization Report 2019. . St.Gallen, Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität St.Gallen, Campana & Schott Business Services GmbH.
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@incollection{ls_leimeister, address = {St.Gallen, Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany}, author = {Peters, Christoph and Simmert, Benedikt and Eilers, Karen and Leimeister, Jan Marco}, keywords = {Agile_Organisation Agile_Transformation Empowerment Führung itegpub pub_bsi pub_cpe pub_jml pub_kei}, publisher = {Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität St.Gallen, Campana & Schott Business Services GmbH}, title = {Future Organization Report 2019}, year = 2019 }
%0 Book Section %1 ls_leimeister %A Peters, Christoph %A Simmert, Benedikt %A Eilers, Karen %A Leimeister, Jan Marco %C St.Gallen, Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany %D 2019 %I Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität St.Gallen, Campana & Schott Business Services GmbH %T Future Organization Report 2019 %U http://future-organization.com