Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2023
Abstract
Challenging oversimplified models, the leader identity literature calls for new perspectives of leadership identity construction (LIC). Using a collective leadership lens and narrative methods, this collaborative study explores how Indigenous women’s leadership identities develop within a contest for power and voice. Observations, interviews, and micro-ethnographies helped identify how history, community dynamics and cultural contradictions influence LIC. We find the LIC process to unfold as a dialectical spiral, informed by contradictions experienced when enacting social identities in various spheres of influence. This highlights the intersectionality of salient identities when theorizing LIC, and suggests that minoritized leaders can resignify and ultimately, capitalize on their multiple identities to strengthen their leadership.
Keywords
Leadership identity construction, Indigenous leadership, collective leadership, intersectionality, Indigenous women leaders, nonprototypical leaders
Discipline
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Leadership Studies
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Leadership
Volume
19
Issue
4
First Page
366
Last Page
390
ISSN
1742-7150
Identifier
10.1177/17427150231169554
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
DE SANTIBANES, Mariana, OSPINA, Sonia M., LEE, Seulki, SANTAMARIA, Angela, EVANS, Michelle Marie, MUELAS, Dunen, & GUERRERO, Nazareth.(2023). The dialectics of leadership identity construction: Case studies from Indigenous women leaders. Leadership, 19(4), 366-390.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3775
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Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150231169554