Sub-theme 57: Language and Leadership: Discursive Variations in Ways of Leading
Convenors:
Doris Schedlitzki, University of the West of England, UK
Peter Case, Bristol Business School, the University of the West of England, UK
David Knights, Lancaster University & Open University, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, G3-29
Relational and Ethical Reflections on Leadership
Chair: Doris Schedlitzki
Martyna Śliwa and Gina Grandy
'I'm all things to all people so that I can save some': The possibilities of contemplative leadership
Helena Liu and Christopher Baker
White Knights: Leadership as the heroicisation of whiteness
Magnus Larsson and Mie Nielsen
The interactional realization of followership as a collaborative achivement in leadership interaction
Session II: Thursday, July 03, 14:00 to 15:30, G3-29
Examining the Role of Power in Discourses of 'Leadership'
Chair: David Knights
Mats Alvesson and Martin Blom
All-inclusive and all good: The hegemonic ambiguity of leadership
Marjana Johansson and Martyna Śliwa
'A British academic, only with a different accent': The stigmatization of non-native English speakers in Anglophone organizational
contexts
Linda Rouleau, Geneviève Musca and Josée Lortie
"Grey" leadership in an extreme context: A complex dynamic of power-resistance relations
Session III: Thursday, July 03, 16:00 to 17:30, G3-29
Leadership, Language and the Chinese Context
Chair: Peter Case
Yijun Xing and Yipeng Liu
How traditional cultures influence Chinese leader's self-concept
Phaik Imm Goh and Peirchyi Lii
Courtesy costs nothing, maybe just your job: Chinese politeness and leadership
Session IV: Friday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, G3-29
Variations of Leadership in Regional Languages and Cultures
Chair: Doris Schedlitzki
Peter Case
The language of leadership in Laos
Anderson Sant'Anna, Rosana Reis and Camilla Quental
Global leader: The interplay between traits of Brazilian national culture and transformational leadership
Session V: Friday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, G3-29
Researching Leadership Narratives
Chair: Peter Case
Soeren Friis Moeller
To frame or not to frame – is not the question
Andrew Papadopoulos and Josiane Mabopda
CEO exchanges: Narrative reflections on performance and audience messaging
Marja-Liisa Kuronen and Sven-Ove Horst
Leadership and strategizing through CEO letters – Legitimation practices during and after the financial crisis
Session VI: Saturday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, G3-29
Discursive Leadership Studies I
Chair: Doris Schedlitzki
Tuukka Kostamo
Discourses of leadership agency
Solange Hamrin
Employees discursively constructing communicative leadership as a contradiction to the context
Dagmar Abfalter, Julia Mueller and Margit Raich
Lost in translation – Contextual information loss in translating the Leadership Gestalt
Session VII: Saturday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, G3-29
Discursive Leadership Studies II
Chair: David Knights
Annika Blomberg, Kirsi Liikamaa and Terhi Tevameri
Discursive variation in the leadership images – Five successful leaders as represented in the Finnish media
Doris Schedlitzki and Jo Angouri
Leadership talk as an act of displacement