Socialized leadership and improvisational responding to COVID-19 supply voids

Clegg, S; Sarkar, S; Waldman-Brown, A; Roy, R

Socialized leadership and improvisational responding to COVID-19 supply voids

Clegg, S

Sarkar, S Waldman-Brown, A Roy, R

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Project Leadership and Society, 2023, 4, pp. 1-12
Issue Date:: 2023-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283
dc.contributor.author	Sarkar, S
dc.contributor.author	Waldman-Brown, A
dc.contributor.author	Roy, R
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-09T01:45:57Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-09T01:45:57Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Project Leadership and Society, 2023, 4, pp. 1-12
dc.identifier.issn	2666-7215
dc.identifier.issn	2666-7215
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176394
dc.description.abstract	A centrally initiated but collectively improvised voluntary network of disaggregated actors, professionals and non-professionals spread across the globe, in an example of socialized leadership in the form of Open Source Medical Supplies (OSMS). Drawn globally from universities, governments, firms and individuals, OSMS, was a digitally networked project platform to remedy medical supply shortages through the ethos of peer production. We demonstrate how such a globally distributed, but digitally interconnected, network can improvise solutions to grand challenges such as COVID-19. From a practical standpoint, our study offers invaluable insights on effectively mobilizing distributed communities to initiate swift, purposeful projects to mitigate disruptive crises. The dual focus on a central digital platform and its role in facilitating numerous localized, globally distributed initiatives, provides key learning for future responses to widespread issues, such as the PPE shortages witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Project Leadership and Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.plas.2023.100088
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.title	Socialized leadership and improvisational responding to COVID-19 supply voids
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

A centrally initiated but collectively improvised voluntary network of disaggregated actors, professionals and non-professionals spread across the globe, in an example of socialized leadership in the form of Open Source Medical Supplies (OSMS). Drawn globally from universities, governments, firms and individuals, OSMS, was a digitally networked project platform to remedy medical supply shortages through the ethos of peer production. We demonstrate how such a globally distributed, but digitally interconnected, network can improvise solutions to grand challenges such as COVID-19. From a practical standpoint, our study offers invaluable insights on effectively mobilizing distributed communities to initiate swift, purposeful projects to mitigate disruptive crises. The dual focus on a central digital platform and its role in facilitating numerous localized, globally distributed initiatives, provides key learning for future responses to widespread issues, such as the PPE shortages witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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