6th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance

Mini Tracks – Calls for Papers
Diversity in Corporate Governance The Management, Leadership and Governance of Virtual IT Development Teams Corporate Governance, Boards and Accountability The Psycho-social Aspects of Management Leadership and the Entrepreneurial-Creative Culture e-Remote leadership- Challenges and Experiences
Call for Papers on Diversity in Corporate Governance Track chair: Professor Douglas M. Branson, University of Washington, USA We will examine most particularly the advancement of women to corporate boards of directors and senior management positions. We will explore why women and other minorities have not advanced and how they might better position themselves to do so. We will ask why these issues are important or, to some, trivial. To the extent possible, we shall also inquire into the advancement of persons of color and other minorities in the business world. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- § The glass cliff theory. § Glass floors, ceilings, and walls. § Recent developments in Norway, Spain, France, the Netherlands. § Lack of discernable progress in Germany, Japan and China. § Trophy directors and their effects of advancement of others. § Plowhorse, showhorse, or some other model for women managers. For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	Douglas Branson
Call for Papers on The Management, Leadership and Governance of Virtual IT Development Teams Track chair: Dr. Phillip Davidson, University of Phoenix, USA Information technology plays a key role in the expansion of virtually every business. Expansion of the internet and the world wide web provide easy access to resources around the world. Healthcare organizations outsource development of a wide variety of software programs to enhance patient safety. Aircraft companies outsource and insource production and planning around the world. Software companies establish relationships globally. This track focuses on management, leadership, and internal and external governance of IT development within a virtual environment, which is frequently transnational or global. Presentations can be focused on technologies, leadership best practices, the effects of outsourcing and insourcing, the role national cultures play within virtual development teams, the challenging issue of organizational transparency in global enterprise solutions, and general keys to success. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- § Technologies for Virtual IT Development Teams § Leadership best practices for Virtual IT Development Teams § The impact of outsourcing and/or insourcing on Virtual IT Development Teams § Impact of national cultures on Virtual IT Development Teams § Organizational transparency and Virtual IT Development Teams § Key factors in the success of Virtual IT Development Teams For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	Phillip L Davidson
Call for Papers on Corporate Governance, Boards and Accountability Track chair: Dr Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, University of Brunel, London, United Kingdom Corporate governance is of immense significance in the current economic climate, as is increasingly and constantly infused with new theories and methodologies that challenge current practices of CEOs, board members and Top Management Teams. The aim of the track is to provide the opportunity to discuss and consider issues on Corporate Governance and Board of Directors. We seek to generate constructive exchange of approaches and viewpoints, leading to a critical contribution of the current knowledge and to revised key outcomes. This track invites academics, researchers and business professionals, who investigate related topics by approaching them from different theoretical lenses and research methods, to submit their papers (empirical and theoretical papers are welcomed). Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- Perspectives on Corporate Governance and Financial Crisis Corporate governance theory, Ownership Structure – Forms of Ownership Board Tasks, Board Behaviour, Dynamics, Decisions Making and Performance Diversity on Boards (gender, minorities, etc). The (future) role of disclosure, regulation and codes of conduct Governance of Non Profit Organization and SOE’s Rights and Responsibilities of Shareholders, Shareholder Activism Executive remuneration/Compensation, Evaluation of Directors For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	Dimitrios Koufopoulos
Call for Papers on The Psycho-social Aspects of Management Track chair: Professor Jolanta Kowal, College of Management “Edukacja” and Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland The main purpose of the track is to have the opportunity to discuss about psychological and social aspects of management. Presentations can be focused on: organization and management psychology, vocational advice, managerial competences, social communication, philosophical and psychological reflection in management area. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- Psychology, education and human development in management Knowledge management, competitions, success, career factors and motivation systems versus companies development Emotional intelligence, strategic thinking and psycho-social costs of management Organisation culture versus philosophical reflection and ethical dilemmas, loyalty and new values in management and marketing Social information and communications systems in management For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	Jolanta Kowal
Call for Papers on Leadership and the Entrepreneurial-Creative Culture Track chair: Dr John Politis, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates A review of the literature revealed that entrepreneurial success has been studied mainly from the environmental perspective [(e.g. economic, financial, industry, and political variables) (Baron and Shane, 2008)], and from the entrepreneur’s cognitive skills and traits [(e.g. person’s skills, abilities, talents, ideas, thoughts, and traits of individuals) (Greenberg and Baron, in press)]. Moreover, an attempt has been made to understand how the interface between the environmental factors and the entrepreneur’s cognitive skills and traits (Sarasvathy, 2004) reflected in building successful ventures. Although it is important to understand how entrepreneurs think, reason, make decisions and perform many other cognitive activities, it is equally important to identify what is the role of leadership on entrepreneurial culture, which in turn could increase entrepreneurial success. A number of studies have developed constructs that are distinct from other behavioural forms of leadership (Gupta, MacMillan and Surie, 2003) and it was found that organizational leadership plays a significant role in determining whether employees engage in creative thought and action. Therefore, to increase knowledge in the field of entrepreneurial success and identify relationships between ‘entrepreneurial’ leadership and creative culture, scholarly and practical context papers are invited to this mini track aimed at debating, but not limited to, the following questions:- § What is entrepreneurial leadership and how does it differ from organizational leadership? § Does creative culture starts new social ventures? § What is the role of management and leadership in the process of nurturing an entrepreneurial and creative culture; subculture? § Can leadership be the catalyst in implementing and sustaining innovation and creativity? § Is leadership more effective on technopreneurship compared to educational entrepreneurship? § Does a relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and social entrepreneurship exist? § How leadership can be supportive of creative people? § Do you find that work environment fosters or inhibits creativity and innovation? § Do you find innovation often happens despite, rather than because of management? § Do you find that most creative people bend and break the rules and defy higher authority? § What kind of leadership encourages defiance of traditional cultures? § In an entrepreneurial leadership and innovation conceptual model, does creative culture play an intervening or moderating role? § What is the role of woman entrepreneurship on cultural entrepreneurship? § Do you find creative people deserve internal recognition as well as rewards for creative work? Is it the responsibility of leadership in rewarding creative work? § Do you find entrepreneurial leadership provides on-the-job support, encouragement, and reinforcement to creative people? § What is the role of leadership and entrepreneurial-creative culture on new product development and research and development (R&D)? § Which leadership style positively relates to Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions (e.g. Individualism vs. Collectivism; Masculinity vs. Femininity; High vs. Low Power Distance; and High vs. Low Uncertainty Avoidance), and which cultural dimension results to entrepreneurial success? For example, does individualistic culture tend to generate more entrepreneurial activities compared to a collectivistic culture? For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	John Politis
Call for Papers on e-Remote leadership- Challenges and Experiences Track chair: Professor Bernt Krohn Solvang, University of Agder, Norway The main purpose of this Mini Track is to identify and investigate the experiences and the challenges of leadership functions in the e-Remote organization of main working functions. How has the process of learning been in an organization changing from ordinary leadership to e-Remote leadership? What sorts of leadership functions need to be stressed in an e-Remote situation? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- § Identify and investigate the experiences of E- Remote leadership § What are the challenges for E- Remote leadership? § How is the learning process when going from face to face to E- Remote leadership? § How is E- Remote leadership affected by cultural differences? § What are the main differences between E-Remote leadership and face to face leadership? For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.	Bernt Krohn Solvang

Last updated 8 March 2010

For mini track submission details, see the call for papers page.