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Are you interested in global leadership, the role of gender/ generation in leadership and/ or South Asian leadership? Do you want to learn more about the relevance of South Asian countries in international management and/or global leadership research? Join us for this Symposium in Anaheim.
Gender, Generations and Leadership- Insights from South Asia
Sponsor: IM, GDO and AAM
Saturday, August 6, 2016
9:45AM – 11.15 AM
Anaheim Convention Center Room 201C
Introduction: Scholars have described the global leadership literature as western-centric (Arvey et al., 2015), age-blind (Spisak et al., 2014) and male-dominated (Kyriakidou, 2012; Syed & Murray, 2008). This symposium aims to address these gaps by providing an unconventional non-western perspective (Bamberger & Pratt, 2010; Khilji & Rowley, 2013) and incorporating intersectionality in gender and/or generational issues (Shields, 2008). We selected South Asia because of its richness, complexity and the rapidly transitioning organizations that have important implications for leadership (Khilji, 2013; Cappelli et. al, 2012). The overarching goal of the symposium is to energize the global leadership field as well expand its theoretical significance by focusing upon gender and generational aspects (Glynn & Raffaelli, 2010).
Research Presentations: We present research from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the purpose of stimulating debate and to begin to create new opportunities for future research in this area and context. We bring together five presenters from three continents (i.e. North America, Europe and Asia) to discuss a range of issues, including the relevance of resourcefulness for female entrepreneurial leaders, prevalence paradoxes and role conflicts in women's leaders' lives, importance of gender identity, the need for effective developmental programs for women and younger emerging leaders, and the strategies women use to overcome discrimination, and the strategies that women leaders use to overcome discrimination.
Format of the Symposium: Following the presentation of research, we will use an interactive discussion format. We believe that the symposium presents an excellent opportunity to present ideas and develop research questions that broaden the leadership and gender debate, which are specifically relevant to a 'new wave" of global leadership research.
No pre-registration is required to attend!
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We are all looking forward to seeing you in Anaheim!