Publication details for Prof Birgit Schyns

Schyns, B., Kiefer, T., Kerschreiter, R. & Tymon, A. (2011). Teaching Implicit Leadership Theories to develop leaders and leadership – How and why it can make a difference. Academy of Management Learning & Education 10(3): 397-408.

• Publication type: Journal papers: academic
• ISSN/ISBN: 1537-260X
• DOI: 10.5465/amle.2010.0015
• View online: Online version
• Durham research online: DRO record

Author(s) from Durham

• Prof Birgit Schyns

Abstract

Implicit leadership theories (ILTs) are lay images of leadership, which are individually and socially determined. We discuss how teaching ILTs contributes to developing leaders and leaderships by raising self- and social awareness for the contexts in which leadership takes place. We present and discuss a drawing exercise to illustrate different ILTs and discuss the implications for leaders and leadership, with a particular focus on how leaders claim, and are granted, leader identities in groups.