Epitropaki, O. and Mainemelis, C. (2016) 'The “genre-bender” : the creative leadership of Kathryn Bigelow.', in Leadership lessons from compelling contexts. Bingley: Emerald, pp. 275-300. Monographs in leadership and management. (8).
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.
| Item Type: | Book chapter |
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| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (745Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/S1479-357120160000008009 |
| Publisher statement: | This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here http://dro.dur.ac.uk/18589/. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. |
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| Date deposited: | 29 April 2016 |
| Date of first online publication: | 2016 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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