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Leadership Scholarship
The Leadership Scholarship Member Community brings together seasoned and new scholars and researchers sharing an emphasis on leadership from all disciplines, fields of study and research approaches. The Leadership Scholarship Community creates opportunities to share research and theories, encourages rigor and relevance, and fosters collaboration.
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Member Community Leaders
ILA Member Community leaders serve as ILA’s trusted experts in the field of leadership
Nathan Eva
Professor, Monash Business School
L.J. McElravy
Chair-Elect
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rich Whitney
Past-Chair
Associate Professor, Organizational Leadership & Program Chair, University of La Verne
Nathan Eva, Ph.D. (he/his) is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of Engagement in the Department of Management at the Monash Business School, Kulin Nation, Australia. He was a 2021 Fulbright Scholar. Nathan was awarded the 2016 and 2013 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence and nominated for Monash University’s 2017 and 2016 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for his local and international leadership development units. Nathan’s research on servant leadership and leadership development has appeared in leading international outlets such as The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management. He is the Chair of the Leadership Scholarship division for ILA, a Senior Editor for Management and Organization Review and an editorial board member of The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Ethics, and Group and Organization Management.
Dr. L.J. McElravy is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Associate Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. His primary research interests are leadership development and leadership education. Dr. McElravy also teaches and does research on research methodology within leadership graduate programs. His graduate students have gone on to serve in faculty roles and in professional roles outside of academia.
Dr. Rich Whitney is an Associate Professor and Program Director, in the Organizational Leadership Doctoral Program at the University of La Verne. He studies leadership identity and experiential leadership and currently working with the Boy Scouts on two national leadership programs and creating the Leadership Development program for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree.
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Priorities and Projects
Engage in Discussion
Engaging in discussion within ILA on the meaning of rigor and relevance concerning research and scholarship about leadership.
Support Research
Supporting the Leadership Education Research Agenda and recruiting members to contribute to its Research Priorities
Scholarly Submissions
Engaging scholars within ILA to submit and review conference papers, panels, workshop and symposia or book proposals.
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Presenter & Attendee Opportunities
ILA’s member communities make up the foundation of ILA’s Global Conference topic focused streams. Submit your session proposal and attend this premier conference.
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Volunteer
Our activities and programs are organized by our dedicated team of member volunteers. If you would like to deepen your engagement, please email us about volunteer opportunities at leadershipscholarship@ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Doctoral Consortium
ILA’s Doctoral Consortium is an interactive forum that brings together doctoral students at any stage of their program to connect and learn from established scholars, dissertation chairs, and practitioners in the field, and create a community of future leaders.
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Emerging Scholars Research Consortium (ESRC)
ESRC, part of ILA’s annual global conference, offers select emerging scholars a mentoring chance to present research to senior scholars. Chosen competitively, they’re paired for dialogue and receive feedback during sessions.
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ILA’s 26th Annual Global Conference
7 – 10 November
Chicago, Illinois
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Resources
The ILA offers a wide variety of leadership resources to help you elevate your leadership research and practice.
Task, People, and Change: An Introduction to Two Norwegian Concepts for Social Learning
Bjørn Z. Ekelund and Oyvind Lund Martinsen share how they created assessments and tools based on Yukl’s Task, People, and Change model of leadership. Over the past 25 years, both measures, which focus on communicative practice, have evolved inside of Norway and the presenters now wonder – are there cultural qualities that make it challenging to use these measures outside of Norway?
Call for Book Chapters: Proverbs and Riddles for Leadership: Building Bridges for Practice From Africa
Submit your chapter proposal by 3 December for ILA’s 2026 volume of Building Leadership Bridges, published with Emerald. Edited by Dr. Innocent Assoman (Kansas State University), Dr. Anisah Ari (Kansas Leadership Center), Dr. Jackline Oluoch-Aridi (Notre Dame Global), Dr. Trisha Gott (Kansas State University), Dr. Brandon Kliewer (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Dr. Jillian Martin (Duke University), Dr. Hilary Okeguale (Afe Babalola University Nigeria), Dr. Brandy Walker, and Mr. Macharia Gauntundu (Kansas State University)
Monsters, Metaphors and Masks: Leadership Insights From Halloween
Neil Sutherland, Rachel Wolfgramm, and ILA Fellow Richard Bolden consider what we can learn about leadership from the traditions of Halloween. They suggest that ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and zombies can be considered as archetypes, representing our deepest fears, yet also as potential metaphors to unmask the hidden and uncanny aspects of leadership.
Applying Theories and Models in Leadership Program and Curricular Design
Dan and Lauren discuss New Directions for Student Leadership Issue #180 with issue co-editors, Drs. Melissa Rocco and Darren Pierre.
Additional Resources
- Method Moments – Seven unique discussions with scholars concerning various specific research approaches!
- Journals
- Awards – Learn about the Jablin Dissertation Award and the Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award