Information systems (IS) research in the area of IS leadership particularly dimensions of IS leadership roles have been especially sparse with calls for more rigorous, theory-based empirical research from the IS leadership literature to advance strong theoretical knowledge into the emerging role dimensions of IS leadership. One useful study of IS leadership roles which had its origin in a longitudinal analysis of IS careers plus a careful reading of the IS leadership literature described the IS executives responsibility in terms of two dimensions: transformational role and transactional role....