Abstract
Special Issue Leadership Journal: Indigenous Leadership
Dr Rachel Wolfgramm: University of Auckland Business School
Dr Chellie Spiller: University of Auckland Business School
Dr Cora Voyageur: University of Calgary, Canada
Please submit papers before 30 November, 2014.
This special issue of Leadership is aimed at charting new territory in the field of leadership by examining leadership from a uniquely indigenous perspective. We are interested in demonstrating how the experience of indigenous leaders offers new ways of understanding leadership dynamics. We aim to show how the study of indigenous ontologies and practices of leadership contribute to leadership studies.
This call is timely as Indigenous leadership is a multi-faceted and complex phenomenon that has the potential to offer a rich arena for challenging leadership paradigms and extending extant leadership theory.
In this special issue, we will examine (i) how Indigenous leadership is being theorised by scholars (ii) the results, findings and analyses of Indigenous leadership research that offers new and fresh insights to the broader leadership field. We are particularly interested in papers that break through the stereotypical and monolithic framing of “Indigenous” as we seek a much wider range of perspectives that may often be unknown, unlikely, unseen or unexpected.
We welcome submissions that attend to the overall theme of Indigenous leadership with a particular focus on:
Styles of indigenous leadership Gendered perspectives Indigenous leadership in entrepreneurship Performativity, aesthetics and creativity in indigenous leadership Native science and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in indigenous leadership Ancestral and wisdom traditions Indigenous perspectives of relational and authentic leadership Power, politics, voice, influence Leadership configurations including networks, partnerships youth leadership amongst indigenous communities with local relevance and global reach Sustainability expressions of agency in historical and contemporary indigenous leadership educational and community leadership the role of symbols, ritual, identity and place spatial and temporal dynamics in indigenous leadership
The guest editors invite high-quality conceptual and empirical papers. A variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, including qualitative and quantitative techniques, examining any aspect Indigenous leadership are invited. In line with the strengths of the Leadership journal, interdisciplinary approaches and studies that connect multiple levels of analyses (individual, organizational and societal levels) are welcome. Theoretical papers will demonstrate extensions to current theory or develop entirely novel ideas related to indigenous leadership that will contribute insight to the general field of leadership. For empirical work, papers are expected to add value by addressing the linkages between Indigenous leadership and contemporary issues faced by Indigenous organisations and Indigenous development.
Contributors should note:
This call is open and competitive, and the submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed as per the editorial policies of Leadership Submitted papers must be based on original material not accepted by, or under consideration with, any other journal or outlet For empirical papers, (based on data sets from which multiple papers have been generated) the authors must notify the guest editors of other papers based on the same data The guest editors will select a limited number of papers to be included in the special issue. Other papers submitted to the special issue may be considered for publication in other issues of the journal at the discretion of the Editors-in-Chief To be considered for this Special Issue, submissions must fit with the Papers should be submitted online in accordance with the Please indicate in your covering letter that the paper is intended for this special issue.
The guest editors of this special issue on Indigenous Leadership are happy to discuss initial ideas for papers and may be contacted directly:
Dr Rachel Wolfgramm: r.wolfgramm@auckland.ac.nz
Dr Chellie Spiller: c.spiller@auckland.ac.nz
Dr Cora Voyageur: voyageur@ucalgary.ca
The deadline for submission is 30 November, 2014. The special issue is intended for publication in 2016.
Journal Information
Organizational theory / studies / behaviour Management Occupational psychology Sociology Cultural studies Political science and History
Please direct any questions about the submission process, or any administrative matter, to the Leadership editorial office.