Description

Women’s leadership has long been the subject of academic research and popular commentaries which position them as falling/failing. For example, previous studies have used the notion of the glass cliff to describe how women are more likely to be selected for precarious leadership positions that carry a higher risk of failure. However, we suggest that the metaphor of the glass cliff has done little to challenge structural conditions that are detrimental to women’s leadership due to researchers’ adherence to an objectivist, positivist paradigm and a commitment to incrementally adding to existing knowledge.

In this event, we introduce refusal as a feminist resource for remaking narratives of women’s leadership that treat them as unable to avoid falling/failing. The leadership of refusal is a political and ethical stance that involves declining to recognize, rather than simply resisting, the masculine order. We use a storytelling approach to interpret the embodied performances that enable women leaders to refuse, rather than confront, attempted impositions of masculinized authority. In conclusion, we urge leadership scholars to position refusal more centrally, as refusing to perform according to established rules in order to transform oppressive power orders is a defining element of leadership.

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Provider Information

BAM Leadership & Leadership Development SIG 

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Who Should Attend?

This event particularly speaks to A1, A2, C1, as indicated by BAM Framework.

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Benefits of Attendance
  • A nuanced conceptualisation of women's leadership
  • Deeper exploration of refusal as a feminist resource for remaking narratives of women’s leadership
  • A better understanding of refusal as a defining element of leadership
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Facilitators
Professor Christian Harrison

Professor Christian Harrison

Professor of Leadership and Enterprise, University of Bolton

Dr Eleni Karamali

Dr Eleni Karamali

Global Online Tutor, Business School, Edinburgh Napier University

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Speakers
Prof Emma Bell

Prof Emma Bell

Professor of Organisation and Leadership , The Open University, UK

Dr Nicole Ferry

Dr Nicole Ferry

Assistant Professor , Copenhagen Business School

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