We're delighted to host the PDW "Leadership, Followership, and Identity: Developing Research and Practice" at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen! Please submit your short working paper by Monday, June 23, 2025, if you would like to receive developmental feedback on your current work in these areas (see submission details below).
Purpose and Structure
The purpose of this PDW is to stimulate the next generation of leadership, followership, and identity scholarship and the application in leadership development practice.
The PDW has three parts: An introduction from the organizers, presentations of four distinguished speakers, and panelists' introductions (part 1); thought-provoking small group discussions along the six main themes led by the panelists (part 2); and development roundtables, in which the panelists provide in-depth feedback on previously submitted working papers or facilitate new research ideas and collaborations (part 3).
The PDW is open to all AOM attendees, and you do not need to register or submit a working paper to take part.
Distinguished Keynote Speakers:
· Mats Alvesson (Lund University, Sweden)
· Miriam Erez (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
· Mary Uhl-Bien (Neeley School of Business, USA)
· David Sluss (ESSEC, France)
Roundtable Discussions: Main Themes and Panelists
Theme #1: Identity meaning and measurement
· Lanyue Fan (Surrey University, UK)
· Richard H. Morgan (Durham University, UK)
· Mattias Sjöberg (Durham University, UK)
· Sonja Zaar (Maastricht University, NL)
· Xiaotong (Janey) Zheng (Durham University, UK)
Theme #2: Identity dynamics and temporality
· Nora Berghoff (Durham University, UK)
· Susan E. Murphy (University of Edinburgh, UK)
· Karolina W. Nieberle (Durham University, UK)
· Mathew L. Sheep (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA)
· Thomas Sy (University of California, Riverside, USA)
· Dina Van Dijk (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Theme #3: Critical identity perspectives
· Charlotte Croft (University of Liverpool, UK)
· Graeme Currie (Warwick Business School, UK)
· Julie Davies (Brunel University of London, UK)
· Zahira Jaser (University of Sussex, UK)
· Cliff Oswick (Bayes Business School, UK)
· Andrew Spicer (UWE Bristol, UK)
Theme #4: Identity threats, transitions, and resiliency
· Carolina Bysh (Durham University, UK)
· Paola Gatti (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
· Laura Guillén (Universitat Ramon Llull, ESADE Business School, Spain)
· Timothy G. Holmes (Durham University, UK)
· Sarah Wittman (George Mason University, USA)
· Yuyan Zheng (University of Surrey, UK)
Theme #5: Social identities and cross-cultural perspectives
· Kyriaki Chalkiadaki (Durham University, UK)
· Raveh Harush (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
· Rudolf Kerschreiter (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
· Eric Kearney (University of Potsdam, Germany)
· Alon Lisak (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
· Armin Pircher Verdorfer (University of Amsterdam, NL)
· Qi Zhang (Rennes School of Business, France)
Theme #6: Identities in context
· Elisa Adriasola (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile)
· Yingli Deng (Durham University, UK)
· Kimberly Jaussi (Binghamton University, USA)
· Maria Kakarika (Durham University, UK)
· Gretchen Vogelgesang Lester (San Jose State University, USA)
· Xinyi Zhou (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)
Organizers:
· Susanne Braun, Durham University Business School, UK
· Olga Epitropaki, Durham University Business School, UK
· Ronit Kark, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and University of Exeter Business School, UK
Working Paper Submissions:
To receive feedback during the development roundtables, we invite working paper submissions of no more than 2,000 words (excluding references, Tables/Figures) by Monday, June 23, 2025 to susanne.braun@durham.ac.uk
Please share this invitation in your networks. We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen!
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Susanne Braun, Ph.D.
Professor in Leadership
Durham University Business School, UK
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