Invitation to AOM Symposium on Monday August 13 at 8 am:
Studying collective leadership as a complex, dynamic and co-created phenomenon
We would like to invite you to join us at a symposium on "Collective Leadership" at AOM in Chicago. The symposium brings together a collection of presentations that explores the nature of collective leadership from different theoretical, meta-theoretical and methodological perspectives. We look forward to your participation.
Studying collective leadership as a complex, dynamic and co-created phenomenon
Monday, Aug 13 2018 8:00AM - 9:30AM
Sheraton Grand Chicago in Millennium Park
Sponsored by the OB Division
Organizers
Nicole Alexy (Bundeswehr University Munich) & James K. Hazy (Adelphi University)
Discussant
Laura D'Innocenzo (Drexel University)
Presenters
James K. Hazy & Murat S. Erogul (Adelphi University)
Gail Fairhurst (University of Cincinnati)
Joseph Raelin (Northeastern University)
Anson Seers (Virginia Commonwealth University)
James Spillane (Northwestern University) & Tracy Sweet (University of Maryland)
Symposium Abstract:
Over recent years, leadership scholars have become increasingly interested in the complex, dynamic and co-created nature of leadership. This new stream of research sees leadership as a collective achievement that is brought about by all participants of the leadership process. However, because it is not easy to translate a collective lens into adequate research methods and theories, a number of diverse research efforts are present in collective leadership studies today such as collective, shared, distributed, relational, complexity, social network and discursive leadership. While all of these different approaches see leadership as something that is brought about by the collective itself, how they conceptualize and study the collective nature of leadership varies deeply. As a result, there is contention about the true meaning of collective leadership. The aim of this symposium is to explore the complex, dynamic and co-created nature of collective leadership by bringing together five presentations that shed light on the phenomenon from different lenses to highlight theoretical, meta-theoretical and methodological differences and connections between the various collective leadership approaches.
Presentations
Building a Culture of Leadership for Tomorrow's Complex Global Organizations
Presenters: James Hazy & Murat S. Erogul (Adelphi University)
Studying Collective Leadership as a Complex, Dynamic and Co-created Phenomenon
Presenter: Gail Fairhurst (University of Cincinnati)
The Distinctiveness of Leadership-as-Practice as a Collective Leadership Proposition
Presenter: Joseph Raelin (Northeastern University)
Toward a Social Psychology of Shared Leadership
Presenter: Anson Seers (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Distributed Perspective on Organizational Leadership and Management: Conceptualizations, Study Operations, and Measures
Presenters: James Spillane (Northwestern University) & Tracy Sweet (University of Maryland)
We would be happy to see you in Chicago!