Placing leadership and identities in space
Space and place have a real impact on the construction of our identities and leadership.
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Mon 15 May 2023
10:30 - 15:00 - Location
- Bristol Business School, Frenchay Campus, , Further info
- Contact
- eventsandnetworks@bam.ac.uk
- Cost
- BAM Members: £20 ; Non-BAM Members: £40
- Attendance
- Booking required
Description
Space and place have a real impact on the construction of our identities and leadership. In this one-day workshop we intend to create a collaborative space to reflect on these relationships, stimulate new discussions and hear from expert speakers in the field.
As a starting point, the work of Caroll (2016) explores Leadership as identity looking at how leadership and identity play out in a fluid and ambiguous way. Identity is brought to the fore in considering how leadership emerges from the practice of people being connected to each other through space and place in embodied social action. Hirst and Humphreys (2020) bring identity, space, and place together through a collection of studies linking organised space and processes of identity and identification.
This contemporary interest becomes pertinent to the shifting nature of work considering the role of new, hybrid or re-purposed workspaces designed to enable interactive modes of working and the new home-based offices for remote working.
This workshop will explore how these contemporary changes in the material workplace are facilitating unanticipated identity change and leadership development.
Registrations close on 1 May 2023 at 23:59 UK time.
Provider information
BAM Identity Special Interest Group
Who should attend?
Any academic, practitioner or professional support colleague that is interested in developing their understanding of the impact of space and place upon our identity construction and how leadership emerges from the practice of people being connected to each other through space and place.
The event speaks to Section A1, A2, A3, D1, D2, D3 as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Benefits of attending
- Understanding relationships between identity, leadership and space in organizations.
- Discovering new avenues for research on these unexplored paths.
- Exploring the new challenges that new workspaces and remote work based at home pose on leadership and identities.
Facilitators
Kate Black, Chair, Identity SIG
Hugh Waters, Senior Lecturer, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England
Speakers
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Professor of Leadership and Community Studies, UWE Bristol -
Professor of Leadership and Management, UWE Bristol
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Director of Research Students, ARU
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Associate Professor, School for Business and Society, University of York
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Career Development Fellow, School for Business and Society, University of York
Registration and tickets
- Cost: BAM Members: £20 ; Non-BAM Members: £40
- Attendance: Booking required
Location
Bristol Business School
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY
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