Leadership and Role Modelling: Understanding Workplace Dynamics (Palgrave Studies in Leadership and Followership)

Shruti Vidyasagar is a lawyer and editor. She has pursued a varied legal practice in Bengaluru, India, for several years, and works as a freelance editor for a number of leading academic presses. Shruti consults with DAKSH Society, a Bengaluru-based organisation working on responsibility in politics, governance and the judiciary. One of her recent publications appears in Unveiling Women's Leadership (Palgrave, 2015). Poornima Hatti heads the dispute resolution team at Samvad Partners, and is based in Bengaluru. Her primary area of focus is commercial and corporate dispute resolution law as well as employment law. She co-authored 'Is Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Curtailing Women's Growth?' in Unveiling Women's Leadership (Palgrave, 2015). Section I. Dynamics of Workplace Role Modelling.- Chapter 1. A Followership Perspective on Role Modelling and Mentorship;  Cassandra A. Ray and Michelle T. Violanti.- Chapter 2. Role Modelling and Its Impact on the Self-development of Academics; Julie Nyanjom.- Chapter 3. Role Modelling as an Alternative to Mentoring for Career Development Outcomes in Organisations; Tanjia M. Coleman.- Section II. Gender and Role Modelling.- Chapter 4. Close and Distant Female Role Models in the Workplace; Alexandra Lyman and Stacie F. Chappell.- Chapter 5. Complexities in the Role Model Identification Process for Educated Women from Rural India; Annu Mathew.- Section III. Practitioners' Perspectives.- Chapter 6. Role Modelling as a Means of Transformative Growth;  Kshitij Sharma.- Chapter 7.  Fostering Vision, Culture, and Accountability in Young Organisations through Role Modelling; Timothy Franklyn.- Chapter 8. Being and Following Role Models; Raju Ramachandran, T. S. Sridhar and Sudarshan Iyengar.