Centre for Leadership and Followership

Who leads, and who follows? Our centre aims to advance theory on leadership and communicate this knowledge to practitioners. We focus on the study of leadership and followership, as well as the intersection of this research with key organisational behaviour topics such as identity, trust, and social networks.

An important aspect of our centre is collaboration and mentorship. We supervise PhD students in this field, have events with renowned international speakers, and work in international collaborations—all for the purpose of advancing the study of leadership and followership.

Latest News

April

• Award: conference paper on felt trust by Bart de Jong and Janey Zhang recognized among the top 10% best submissions of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting and included in the AOM Best Paper Proceedings
• Event: two-day workshop on “Meta-analysis in Management” facilitated by Prof. Bart de Jong
• New member: Bilal Bilal (Assistant Professor)
• Publication: Early-career unemployment scarring and leadership role occupancy by Olga Epitropaki

March

• Event: seminar talk by Dr Michelle Hammond (Oakland University) on "Multidomain leader identity" and PhD workshop on "Navigating academic careers", as part of IAS project with PIs Karolina Nieberle & Janey Zheng.
• New member: Xiaoyu Gan (Teaching Assistant)

February

• New member: Flora Song (PhD student)
• New member: Assoc/Prof Barbara Bechter
• Publication: Shared leadership configurations in teams by Bart de Jong
• Event: "The Future of Ethical Leadership Research" and "The Ethical Implications of Crowdsourcing Research": seminar talks by Prof. Suzanne van Gils (BI Norwegian Business School) on February 14.
• Event: Theory Building Workshop I: Defining and conceptualizing constructs by Dr. Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) on February 5.
• Event: Theory building workshop II: Combining perspectives to build theory by Dr. Omar Solinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) on February 6.

January

• Publication: Multiplex relationships across the work-nonwork domain by Andrew Parker
• Event: Recordings of TEDx-style "Deep Dive into the Future of Work" event now available on YouTube.

December

• Publication: Narcissism and Leader-Member Exchange by Birgit Schyns
• New member: post-doc Matt Sjoberg 
• Event: Am I enabling my abusive supervisor?: seminar talk by Prof. Wing Lam (Alliance Manchester Business School) on December 1.

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