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<p>Underpinned by social identity theory and drawing on the concept of professors as academic leaders, this paper asks, what are the informal professorial leadership activities performed by female professors? Drawing on contemporary literature, it categorises the informal leadership activities of female professors. These activities are incorporated into a conceptual framework, which offers insight into identifying and delineating effective ways in which to better understand female professorial leadership activities. This framework provides important and novel socio-psychological insight into an under-explored but critical aspect of the daily activities of female professors as academic leaders.</p>
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Underpinned by social identity theory and drawing on the concept of professors as academic leaders, this paper asks, what are the informal professorial leadership activities performed by female professors? Drawing on contemporary literature, it categorises the informal leadership activities of female professors. These activities are incorporated into a conceptual framework, which offers insight into identifying and delineating effective ways in which to better understand female professorial leadership activities. This framework provides important and novel socio-psychological insight into an under-explored but critical aspect of the daily activities of female professors as academic leaders.

What do I do? A Categorisation of Informal Leadership Activities Among Female Professors

The Irish Journal of Management

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Underpinned by social identity theory and drawing on the concept of professors as academic leaders, this paper asks, what are the informal professorial...

What do I do? A Categorisation of Informal Leadership Activities Among Female Professors

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 03, 2024

Page range: 104 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2023-0014

Keywords
Academic leadership, professor, social identity, gender

© 2023 Patrick J. Buckland et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

What do I do? A Categorisation of Informal Leadership Activities Among Female Professors

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 03, 2024

Page range: 104 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2023-0014

KeywordsAcademic leadership, professor, social identity, gender

© 2023 Patrick J. Buckland et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Academic leadership, professor, social identity, gender