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Gareth Edwards

Professor of Leadership and Community Studies


Leadership by cavea: The social processes of interorganisational collaborative leadership (2023)
Journal Article
North-Samardzic, A., Kan, M., & Edwards, G. (in press). Leadership by cavea: The social processes of interorganisational collaborative leadership. Journal of Management and Organization, https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2023.42

Research on interorganisational collaboration is longstanding however the role leadership plays in such collaborations is often neglected. Using grounded theory, we present a process model of 'leadership by cavea' whereby the relationships across org... Read More about Leadership by cavea: The social processes of interorganisational collaborative leadership.

Collaborative inquiry fuelled by reflexive learning: Changing change (2023)
Journal Article
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R., Edwards, G., Hawkins, B., Moldjord, C., Rigg, C., …Stokkeland, . C. (in press). Collaborative inquiry fuelled by reflexive learning: Changing change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863231183217

In this paper, we dig deeper into the reflexive learning that fuels collaborative inquiry by examining the unique ways in which changing itself takes place. We draw on two examples of collaborative inquiry, offering autoethnographic insights from our... Read More about Collaborative inquiry fuelled by reflexive learning: Changing change.

Editorial announcement: New associate editors and editorial board members (2023)
Journal Article
Edwards, G., & Schedlitzki, D. (2023). Editorial announcement: New associate editors and editorial board members. Leadership, 19(2), 109 - 110. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150231163928

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Sarah Robinson from Rennes School of Business, France, and Prof. Magnus Larsson from Lund University, Sweden, have agreed to join our group of Associate Editors. Both bring great experience and expertise to our... Read More about Editorial announcement: New associate editors and editorial board members.

Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, G., & Schedlitzki, D. (2023). Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello. Leadership, 19(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221147371

This issue of Leadership marks a new year and a new volume but also our first issue as Co-Editors-in-Chief. We are absolutely delighted to be working with colleagues in continuing the success of the journal and are indebted to Dennis Tourish for all... Read More about Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello.

Why is collective leadership so elusive? (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, G., & Bolden, R. (2023). Why is collective leadership so elusive?. Leadership, 19(2), 167–182. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221128357

This ‘Leading Questions’ thought piece explores the elusive nature of collective leadership. We use our previous experiences to explore issues that tend to go unnoticed and unreported within the academic analysis of collective forms of leadership, in... Read More about Why is collective leadership so elusive?.

Leadership Development Evaluation (LDE): Reflections on a collaboratory approach (2022)
Journal Article
Smith, S. M., Edwards, G., Palmer, A., Bolden, R., & Watton, E. (in press). Leadership Development Evaluation (LDE): Reflections on a collaboratory approach. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-11-2021-3056

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the experience of attempting a “collaboratory” approach in sharing knowledge about leadership development evaluation (LDE). A collaboratory intertwines “collaboration” and “laboratory” to create inno... Read More about Leadership Development Evaluation (LDE): Reflections on a collaboratory approach.

Exploring the leadership development journey of SME owner-managers (2022)
Journal Article
Vuhuong, J., & Edwards, G. (2022). Exploring the leadership development journey of SME owner-managers. Journal of Management Development, 41(2), 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-10-2021-0271

Purpose: This research aimed to investigate influences on and opinions of leadership development in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business owner-managers. Therefore, the objective of this study was to respond to the research question – How... Read More about Exploring the leadership development journey of SME owner-managers.

Putting leadership in its place: Introduction to the special issue (2022)
Journal Article
Sutherland, N., Bolden, R., Edwards, G., & Schedlitzki, D. (2022). Putting leadership in its place: Introduction to the special issue. Leadership, 18(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221083498

This special issue emerges from a call for papers issued following the 18th International Studying Leadership Conference, hosted at the University of the West of England in December 2019, which addressed the theme of ‘Putting leadership in its place’... Read More about Putting leadership in its place: Introduction to the special issue.