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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.

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May 2024

• Visiting professor: Roger Gill 

April 2024

• Publication: Political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior by Olga Epitropaki
• Publication: Reluctance to lead by Olga Epitropaki
• Publication: Competitive rewards and bottom-line mentality by Yingli Deng
• 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 2024

• 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 2024

• 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 2024

• 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 2023

• 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.

November 2023

• Publication: Leaders’ Narcissistic Rivalry and Abusive Supervision by Birgit Schyns.
• Publication: Sexualization of job candidates by Maria Kakarika. 
• Publication: Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship by Susanne Braun. 
• Event: Critical re-appraisal of scholarly assumptions about creativity: seminar talk by Prof. Giles Hirst (Australian National University) on November 6.

October 2023

• New CLF member: Assist/Prof Jane Zhang.
• Event: A Psychological Perspective on the Study of Decent Work: seminar talk by Prof. Ryan Duffy, (University of Florida) on October 23.
• Publication: The double-edged sword of career support mentoring by Hong Deng and Yanjun Guan.
• Publication: COVID-19 and life satisfaction by Yanjun Guan and Hong Deng.

September 2023

• Research award: Yingli Deng nominated for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.
• New CLF member: Assist/Prof Richard Morgan.
• New CLF director: Prof. Bart de Jong.
• Event: Identity perspective for creative leadership: seminar talk by Prof. Matt Cronin (George Mason University) Assoc/Prof Kimberly Jaussi (Binghamton University) on September 13.
• Publication (Open Access): Leader identity dynamics by Susanne Braun, Bob Lord, and Angelique Fu.  

August 2023

• Event: The Knowledge Production System: seminar talk by Prof. Matt Cronin (George Mason University) on August 30.
• Publication: Narcissistic leadership during COVID-19 by Birgit Schyns.
• Research awards: three out of the five papers nominated for the 2023 Leadership Quarterly Decennial Award were written by CLF members: Braun et al. (2013), Epitropaki et al. (2013), and Schyns & Schilling (2013)! And the winner is …. SCHYNS & SCHILLING (2013)! Epitropaki et al. (2013) was the runner-up.

June 2023

• Event: CLF members speak on Deep dive into the future of work TEDx-style event.
• Publication (Open Access): Supervisor monitoring and follower felt trust by Janey Zheng, Susanne Braun, and Birgit Schyns.