Post-heroic leadership, tempered radicalism and senior leaders as change agents for gender equality

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dc.contributor.authorKelan, Elisabeth K.
dc.contributor.authorWratil, P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-25T13:31:36Z
dc.date.available2017-04-25T13:31:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-20
dc.description.abstractMicro change agents for gender equality in organisations are often considered to be tempered radicals who work within an existing structure for changing the status quo. However for gender equality to happen, it is often claimed that heroic leadership of top leaders, or macro change agents, is required. The aim of this article is to show how CEOs as macro change agents for gender equality can be conceptualised. Drawing on interviews with 20 global CEOs and a literature review, the article develops a framework to conceptualise how CEOs are fostering gender equality around accountability, building ownership, communicating, leading by example, initiating and driving culture change. The article questions the conceptualisation of change agents of gender equality as either tempered radicals, for micro change agents, or heroic leaders, for macro change agents, and argues instead that to be macro change agents for gender equality, CEOs need to display post-heroic leadership and tempered radicalism to foster change in regard to gender relationsen_UK
dc.identifier.citationKelan EK, Wratil P, Post-heroic leadership, tempered radicalism and senior leaders as change agents for gender equality. European Management Journal, Volume 15, Issue 1, Spring 2018, pp. 5-18en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0263-2373
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emre.12117
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11813
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectChief Executive Officersen_UK
dc.subjectLeadershipen_UK
dc.subjectMacro Change Agentsen_UK
dc.subjectgenderen_UK
dc.subjectTop Managementen_UK
dc.titlePost-heroic leadership, tempered radicalism and senior leaders as change agents for gender equalityen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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