Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Skill-Based Analysis

ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP: A SKILL-BASED ANALYSIS

Wednesday 12th January 2022, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker: Dr Christian Harrison

Dr Christian Harrison is Reader in Leadership in the School of Business and Creative Industries in the University of the West of Scotland. He is the author of numerous published peer-reviewed papers on Entrepreneurial Leadership which is his major research interest and serves as the Director of Studies of several doctoral students. He is also the Chair of the Leadership and Leadership Development Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management.

Christian works extensively as a consultant on leadership development within organisations. He is also the author of the book entitled ‘Leadership Theory and Research: A Critical Approach to New and Existing Paradigms’, which is published by the globally renowned publishing company; Palgrave MacMillan.

Event Summary: Entrepreneurial leadership is an emerging paradigm from the domains of leadership and entrepreneurship. While both fields of leadership and entrepreneurship have developed considerable bodies of research spanning several decades, independently the concepts have achieved little definitional consensus. Although entrepreneurial leadership has received little attention, it has been acknowledged as an evolving approach to leadership towards achieving strategic value creation. However, despite the growing interest and developing perspectives related to entrepreneurial leadership, empirical development of the concept has been hindered by the lack of focused research and the absence of adequate tools towards assessing a leader’s entrepreneurial skill set.

To address this gap, Christian’s study provides a critical examination of the concept of entrepreneurial leadership. He will be providing the associated entrepreneurial leadership skills required for success. His study offers the first empirical skill-based model of this phenomenon and has had strong implications in theory and practice.

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The Research Seminars are open to everyone, whether you’re part of UWS or a member of the public. You can find the full list here.

If you are interested in joining or would like more information, please contact seminar coordinator, Dr Christian Harrison: christian.harrison@uws.ac.uk