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The “genre-bender”: The creative leadership of Kathryn Bigelow

Epitropaki, O.; Mainemelis, C.

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Authors

C. Mainemelis



Contributors

C. Peus
Editor

S. Braun
Editor

B. Schyns
Editor

Abstract

In the present chapter, we present the case study of the only woman film director who has ever won an Academy Award for Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow. We analyzed 43 written interviews of Kathryn Bigelow that have appeared in the popular press in the period 1988–2013 and outlined eight main themes emerging regarding her exercise of leadership in the cinematic context. We utilize three theoretical frameworks: (a) paradoxical leadership theory (Lewis, Andriopoulos, & Smith, 2014; Smith & Lewis, 2012); (b) ambidextrous leadership theory (Rosing, Frese, & Bausch, 2011), and (c) role congruity theory (Eagley & Karau, 2002) and show how Bigelow, as a woman artist/leader working in a complex organizational system that emphasizes radical innovation, exercised paradoxical and ambidextrous leadership and challenged existing conventions about genre, gender, and leadership. The case study implications for teaching and practice are discussed.

Citation

Epitropaki, O., & Mainemelis, C. (2016). The “genre-bender”: The creative leadership of Kathryn Bigelow. In C. Peus, S. Braun, & B. Schyns (Eds.), Leadership lessons from compelling contexts (275-300). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-357120160000008009

Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Apr 27, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Emerald
Pages 275-300
Series Title Monographs in leadership and management
Book Title Leadership lessons from compelling contexts.
Chapter Number 9
ISBN 9781785609428
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-357120160000008009
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1642898
Publisher URL http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/S1479-357120160000008009
Additional Information Book Series: Monographs in Leadership and Management

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