Examining perceptions of leaders which are dependent on social and cultural contexts, this edited collection argues that in order to thrive and to understand the future business landscape, leaders must be inclusive and create followership. With existing research tending to conflate leadership...

Focusing on nascent firms, established growing firms and established plateaued forms within the northern inland New South Wales regional locations in Australia, this book explores the manifestation of entrepreneurship. In particular, the authors examine the state and status of regional...

Chapter 1.Setting the scene -- Chapter 2. How does Australia rate? -- Chapter 3. Australian entrepreneurship: distinguishing by region and gender -- Chapter 4. Setting the scene for the bioregions -- Chapter 5. Place-based entrepreneurs -- Chapter 6. Nascent firms -- Chapter 7. Established...

In this paper, women’s representation on public boards in Australia is explored from two perspectives. First, a gender profile of board membership is developed from the public reports submitted to the Australian Stock Exchange. This analysis suggests that in Australia, the majority of public...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to interrogate changes to women's representation on boards from an institutional perspective in a particular national context (Australia). Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on institutional theory at the legal, political and social levels the paper...