Leadership Scholarship & Research
The Warren Bennis Leadership Institute offers scholarship and research opportunities for UC scholars to conduct interdisciplinary research to examine and improve leadership development processes and outcomes.
Women’s Empowerment Study
The Women’s Empowerment Study will examine changes in women’s empowerment over time as a result of participation in a month-long cohort program. Participants will receive leadership development training, peer coaching, mentorship and engage in a service project. The study will involve a sample of 100 women ages 18-25 across four countries, and pilot at UC in spring 2024.
Content includes the following:
- Pre-assessment
- Three-day retreat
- Coaching sessions
- Group work
- Post-assessment
Academic Liaison Group
The Academic Liaison Group is for faculty and staff engaged in leadership development efforts that benefit UC students. The group’s mission is to engage faculty and staff passionate about student leadership development to play a role in creating a leadership movement at UC in which all students develop leadership skills and clarify their leadership journey.
Select Scholarly Publications
Book
Ernst, C. & Chrobot-Mason, D. (2010). Boundary spanning leadership: Six practices for solving problems, driving innovation, and transforming organizations. McGraw-Hill Professional.
Articles and Book Chapters
Chrobot-Mason, D., & Roberson, Q. (2022). Inclusive leadership. In P. G. Northouse’s Leadership Theory & Practice, 9th edition, (pp. 322-351). Los Angeles: Sage.
Carter, D., Cullen-Lester, K., Jones, J., Gerbasi, A., Chrobot-Mason, D., & Nae, E. Y. (2020). Functional Leadership in Interteam Contexts: Understanding ‘What’ in the Context of Why? Where? When? and Who? The Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), 101378.
Chrobot-Mason, D., Hoobler, J., & Burno, J. (2018). Lean in versus the literature: An evidence-based examination. Academy of Management Perspectives, doi:10.5465/amp.2016.0156
Cullen, K. L., Gerbasi, A., & Chrobot-Mason, D. (2018). Thriving in central network positions: The role of political skill. Journal of Management, 44(2), 682-706. doi:10.1177/0149206315571154
Chrobot-Mason, D, Gerbasi, A., & Cullen, K. (2016). Predicting Leadership Relationships: The Importance of Collective Identity. Leadership Quarterly, 27, 298-311.
Chrobot-Mason, D., & Aramovich, N. (2013). The Psychological Benefits of Creating an Affirming Climate for Workplace Diversity. Group and Organization Management, 38(6), 659–689.
Books
Smith, W.K., & Lewis, M.W. (2022). Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. Harvard Business School Publishing.
Smith, W.K., Lewis, M.W., Jarzabkowski, P., & Langley A. (2017). Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Articles
Sparr, J.L., Miron-Spektor, E., Lewis, M.W., & Smith, W.K. (2022). From a label to a meta-theory of paradox: If we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. Academy of Management Collections. 1/2: 16-24.
Miron-Spektor, E., Ingram, A., Keller, J., Smith, W.K., & Lewis, M.W. (2017). Microfoundations of organizational paradox: The problem is how we think about the problem. Academy of Management Journal.
Smith, W.K., Lewis, M.W., & Tushman, M.L. (2016). Both/and leadership. Harvard Business Review. 94(5): 62–70.
Lewis, M.W., Andriopoulos, C., & Smith, W. (2014). Paradoxical leadership to enable strategic agility. California Management Review, Spring, 56/3.
Smith, W. & Lewis, M.W. (2012). Leadership skills for managing paradoxes. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5/2: 227-231.
Book
Myers, B. 2011. Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You. Threshold Editions.
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