This chapter contributes to the literature on gender equality interventions for women leaders by examining the role of formal sponsorship programs. Despite considerable scholarly attention given to the positive and negative gender implications of informal sponsorship relations, there remains a...

Situated within the context of leadership education in higher education and informed by scholarship on college student development, this chapter focuses on developmental considerations for leadership learning. By centering identity (individual/social identities and leadership identity), the...

Defined as a community of hierarchically independent yet interdependent heterogeneous actors around a focal firm who facilitate innovation through cross-boundary knowledge flows, the open innovation ecosystem extends scholarly understanding of open innovation. In particular, the open innovation...

Oral communication skills are essential for entrepreneurs. This exercise has learners use traditional and virtual communication tools to support their social impact entrepreneurial project. The exercise uses an oral communication skills development and competency-based self-evaluation form that...

Urban-rural linkages and interactions have always been an important part of the urbanization process in sub-Saharan Africa. However, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the spatial and functional linkages between urban and rural areas were greatly affected by the mobility restriction...

A core activity of unions is to negotiate to secure better pay and working conditions for their members. This chapter introduces the themes of research – both theoretical and empirical – that have been developed to explore whether these workplace negotiations are different from negotiations...

Co-curricular leadership education is integral to fostering societal progress and is a tool for upholding equity across communities. Existing literature has demonstrated that co-curricular leadership education can play out differently across the postsecondary (higher education) and secondary...

This chapter concludes the Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations by outlining ways forward for policy and practice. After synthesising the main contributions of each section, we present some final thoughts for readers. Our conclusions highlight that, while advances have been...

COVID-19 disrupts social, economic, and human mobility aspects, affecting vulnerable groups such as migrants. This study, employing a sampling technique with 5,700 participants, delves into the COVID-19 repercussions on mixed migration in Southern Africa. Females emerge as the heavily impacted...

Open strategy involves a radical departure from traditional approaches to strategy work. This is based on transparency and inclusion, allowing for diverse views and input from a wider range of internal or external stakeholders. This entry provides an overview of this new innovative perspective,...