“…Therefore, as other authors have suggested (Avolio et al, 2000;Avolio and Kahai, 2003a,b;Dasgupta, 2011;Cortellazzo et al, 2019), leadership is currently developing through the "intermediation" of new ICTs, the presence and usage of which call for a change in the way leadership is practiced. These technologies include the internet, the intranet, e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing systems, groupware systems, text messages, blogs, document sharing, smart apps, and social media (Avolio et al, 2001;Kissler, 2001;Zaccaro and Bader, 2003;Darics, 2020), all of which are now widespread in almost every working context (Cardon et al, 2019;Roman et al, 2019).…”