Liminality, defined as a state of being betwixt and between social roles and/or identities, is the hallmark of an increasingly precarious and fluctuating career landscape. The generative potential of the liminality construct, however, has been restricted by six key assumptions stemming from the...

In this article, we propose a typology of leadership development methods. We argue that different methods are suited to the learning needs of different leaders, which we segment by organizational level, life-cycle and role-cycle. We advance propositions about which learning methods are best...

This chapter extends our understanding of the paucity of women in senior leadership positions by identifying specific identity mechanisms that can hinder junior women’s transitions to more senior roles. We introduce the term impossible selves to describe these cultural prescriptions for...