Dear Followership Scholars,
I'm re-posting the Symposium Call below because it could be an interesting opportunity to put forward an integrated theory of leadership and followership, which I know many of you are working toward, at this year's ILA Annual Conference in Vancouver.
Note this important point made by conveners:
"Leadership scholars and practitioners continue to attempt to create a new world without changing the tools and conditions in which leadership unfolds (Cluley & Parker, 2022; Hammond, 2020)."
And also their proposed title for the Symposium:
"Re-Constructing Leadership Studies through Critical and Disruptive Research "
I encourage you to consider this opportunity to collaborate with Lori and Mac with a proposal to re-construct "leadership studies" as "leadership and followership studies" or some other framework of your own invention!
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Greetings ILA Community,
My colleague, Mac Benavides, and I are putting together a symposium proposal for the on-site global conference in Vancouver. Given the nature of the symposium session type, we are seeking 3-5 presentations to bring together within this larger session. Here is the title and short description for the symposium:
Title: Re-Constructing Leadership Studies through Critical and Disruptive Research
Short Description: This symposium will highlight several innovative methodologies designed to critique and disrupt dominant perspectives and ways of studying leadership. In a world full of complex challenges and power imbalances, leadership that reimagines and re-constructs a more just world is needed. Within the relatively young study of leadership, critical research has largely been isolated among scholars committed to critical theories, anti-racist and feminist traditions, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and social constructionism (Cross et al., 2019; Dugan & Leonette, 2021; Ford et al., 2022; Sims & Carter, 2022). While critique in and of itself is an important outcome of scholarship, the disconnect between critical research and critical theory-in-use (Cluley & Parker, 2022) have invited valid criticism of intellectual echo chambers, pessimism, elitism, and impractical applicability (Diemer et al., 2020; Ospina & Foldy, 2009). Leadership scholars and practitioners continue to attempt to create a new world without changing the tools and conditions in which leadership unfolds (Cluley & Parker, 2022; Hammond, 2020). To address these concerns, this symposium will bring together scholars committed to centralizing critique and disruption within leadership research to share new directions for research and methodology. Beyond the convening of the presenters familiar with these aims, the symposium invites participants to come learn about, contribute toward, critique the methodologies shared and to create community around disruption to advance the kind of knowledge creation needed for an equitable world.
If you are interested in contributing a presentation to the proposal and subsequent on-site conference, we invite you to submit a title and short description (250 words max) to us by January 30th, 2023 by emailing Mac Benavides, mb2008@ksu.edu. Once we have reviewed initial descriptions, we will ask for full proposals (including Key Takeaways and a Detailed Abstract) by February 15th, 2023.
Best,
Lori and Mac
Lori Kniffin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Leadership Studies
119K Rarick Hall
Fort Hays State University
Lekniffin@fhsu.edu
Mac Benavides, Ph.D. | mb2008@ksu.edu
Assistant professor
Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
Strategic ∙ Individualization ∙ Communication ∙ Adaptability ∙ Connectedness
He/Him/His
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Sharna Fabiano
Author of Lead & Follow: The Dance of Inspired Teamwork
and host of the Lead & Follow podcast
Chair, Followership MC
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