About NLS
Our mission is to foster interconnectivity and create linkages that allow us to develop meaningful new frameworks for investigating and practicing leadership. Our aspirations are to:
The Network of Leadership Scholars helps our scholarly community better meet the needs of its constituents of scholars and practitioners. Leadership represents a powerful social concern relative to business and nonprofit organizations, as well as to political, environmental, social, health, and economic issues. As a community of scholars we can bring visibility to key issues of the day, including recent world events on business and political fronts (e.g., ethical leadership, sustainability, corporate governance, public policy, the military, education, etc.).
NLS Initiatives
NLS is Currently Active in Several Ways
Current Activities
LDRNET: Maintain your connectivity! The LDRNET listserv has moved to Connect@AOM. You must manually sign up for this new system. Click here and do so today!
Awards: We continue to organize a Dissertation, Rising Star, and Eminent Leadership Scholar awards. We are adding a Shing Star award this year!
AOM 2020: We are planning some exciting events for leadership scholars. It is time to think about your leadership related submissions!
Social Media: We relaunched our social media presence. Come check it out!
A #SIOP21 panel explored the future of leader identity development research. Takeaways:
1. Our research on leader identity may underestimate the power the granting process.
2. We have a good starting point for measuring leader identity, but it is not the best it could be.
Latest news
Rising Star Early Career Award **Deadline Extended**
Rising Star Early Career Award 2021 Sponsored by the Exeter Centre for Leadership at University of Exeter Business School (UK) ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 7, 2021*** We invite nominations for the 2021 Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS) Rising Star Early Career Award, sponsored by the Exeter Centre for Leadership. Nominations are due May 7, 2021. Read more about Rising Star Early Career Award **Deadline Extended**[…]
Eminent Leadership Scholar Award **Deadline Extended**
Eminent Leadership Scholar Award 2021 Sponsored by Elsevier and the University of Mississippi ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 7, 2021*** We invite nominations for the 2021 Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS) Eminent Leadership Scholar Award, sponsored by Elsevier and the University of Mississippi. Nominations are due May 7, 2021. Each year NLS, Elsevier, and the University Read more about Eminent Leadership Scholar Award **Deadline Extended**[…]
Group & Organization Management – CALL FOR PROPOSALS – 2022 Conceptual Issue
Group & Organization Management is pleased to announce that Professors Lucy Gilson (University of Connecticut), Walter Davis (University of Mississippi), and Tammy Rapp (Ohio University) will serve as Editors for the 2022 GOM Conceptual Issue. Articles for the Conceptual Issue are intended to be high-impact scholarly pieces based on extant developments in research literatures. This Read more about Group & Organization Management – CALL FOR PROPOSALS – 2022 Conceptual Issue[…]
Calls for Nominations — Network of Leadership Scholars Awards
The Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS) is pleased to announce the calls for nominations for the following awards across all career stages: Rising Star Early Career Award Sponsored by the Exeter Centre for Leadership at University of Exeter Business School (UK) Mid-Career Standout Scholar Award Sponsored by the International Centre of Leadership and Followership at Read more about Calls for Nominations — Network of Leadership Scholars Awards[…]
Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Center for Leadership at Florida International University is proud to announce the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award, in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars of the Academy of Management. This award, now in its 10th year, honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to the understanding of leadership or leadership Read more about Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award[…]
Assistant Professor/Full Professor in Leadership/Organisational Behaviour job openings at Durham University
The Department of Management and Marketing at Durham University Business School seeks to appoint two talented individuals to the roles of Assistant Professor and Professor of Leadership/Organisational Behaviour, respectively. The post holders will have the option to work as part of the International Centre for Leadership and Followership (https://www.dur.ac.uk/business/research/management/leadership-and-followership/), an international team of researchers who Read more about Assistant Professor/Full Professor in Leadership/Organisational Behaviour job openings at Durham University[…]
Contribute Chapter to Handbook of Servant-Leadership!
Esteemed colleagues, Greetings! We trust you are doing fine and staying safe and healthy during these trying times. It is with great joy we share with you the good news that the project, Handbook of Servant Leadership, has been approved by Palgrave Macmillan! We are also pleased to share the great news that Larry Spears, Read more about Contribute Chapter to Handbook of Servant-Leadership![…]
Call for Chapters – SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application
CALL FOR CHAPTERSThe SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application Editors: Lucy R. Ford and Terri A. Scandura This Handbook will cover the survey research process from start to finish, including both the development of new scales, and the adaptation or alteration of existing scales. Survey development encompasses a wide range of essential topics including Read more about Call for Chapters – SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application[…]
Daily Leadership Development: 365 Steps to Becoming a Better Leader
This is a great book, newly published by Ron Riggio and available in Kindle Edition on Amazon. Congratulations, Ron! “Daily Leadership Development” is a leadership development guidebook that offers day-by-day instruction in bite-sized chunks. It is grounded in research and best practices, and authored by one of the nation’s foremost experts on leadership, Doctor Ronald Read more about Daily Leadership Development: 365 Steps to Becoming a Better Leader[…]
NLS: Social at SMA Online!
Greetings Leadership Scholars attending the Southern Management Association annual meeting online! One of the best parts of a conference is meeting up with (and meeting new) leadership colleagues! And we know we miss each other, so please put this on your calendar right now! Friday October 23rd, 5-6pm Marie Dasborough and I are hosting a Read more about NLS: Social at SMA Online![…]