Submission Deadline
27 June 2024, 11:59 PM ET

Notifications will be emailed in July.

Invitation

The International Leadership Association is the professional home of a global community of leaders and leadership researchers, educators, and development specialists from a wide array of sectors and disciplines who believe that leadership is the key to a just and thriving future for all people. For more than 25 years, the ILA has advanced the study and practice of leadership by creating opportunities like our Global Conference for people to connect and engage with one another to explore innovative ideas, create new resources, and multiply our collective impact.

As part of ILA's Leadership Scholarship Member Community's mission to develop the quality of global leadership scholarship, we are offering the Emerging Scholar Research Consortium (ESRC) and the Leadership Research Mentoring Workshop during the International Leadership Association's 2024 Global Conference.

We invite you to submit an ESRC or Leadership Research Mentoring Workshop proposal (see details below) for this year’s Global Conference, “Architects of Change: Leaders, Followers, and Communities,” which will take place 7-10 November in Chicago, located on lands that are the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, or the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations.

SUBMISSION TYPES

Emerging Scholar Research Consortium (ESRC)
Target Audience: Research Masters and Doctoral students at any stage of their program, and Faculty/Instructors/Assistant Professors (less than 3 years)     
The ESRC matches participants with more senior International Leadership Association members to provide intellectual exchange and mentorship opportunities. Participants give poster presentations at a special forum during the annual conference. Breakout conversations with an assigned mentor follow the presentations. In addition, participants may be invited to publicly present their posters during the conference’s hosted poster session. 

Required for the conference: A poster of your work (poster size and specifications will be shared with accepted participants).

Leadership Research Mentoring Workshop
Target Audience: Assistant / Associate Professors, and advanced Doctoral students.
This workshop provides junior faculty and students the opportunity to discuss their leadership research in an informal and collegial setting with prominent leadership scholars. Based on their proposed research theory and methods, the junior scholars will be matched with more senior scholars. During the session, the senior scholars will discuss research proposals providing insights and suggestions for future research. As part of the workshop, you need to agree to your paper being discussed in a small group with other participants and be willing and able to provide a short (5-minute maximum) overview of your paper to others in the discussion group.

Required for the conference: A copy of your paper (electronic or hard copy) to make notes on from the senior scholars.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Presenter Information (1 presenter max)
• Title (100 characters max, including spaces)
• Stream selection (up to 2)
• Your Role: (Research Masters student, PhD student, Post-doctoral, Instructor/Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Practitioner)
• Short Description (750 characters max, including spaces),
• Brief description of your scholarly inquiry (1,000 characters max, including spaces)
• What do you hope to gain from participating? (1,000 characters max, including spaces)

In addition, each submission must upload a Word or PDF document of your research proposal [1,000 words max for the ESRC; 1,500 words max for the Leadership Research Mentoring Workshop (excluding references, tables, and figures)] that includes:

• Overview of Research Proposal 
• Theoretical Foundation /Conceptual Framework 
• Research Questions/Hypotheses 
• Proposed Methods   
• Proposed Contributions (Theoretical/Practical Implications) 
• Challenges  
  *What theoretical issues need clarification?
  *What are the main problem areas with your proposed design and methodology? 
  *What other specific questions would you like to ask?
• References (APA preferred, but as long as they are consistent)

Optional:

• Figure showing model/framework
• Interview protocol (if appropriate)
• List of measures/items in measures (if appropriate)
• Other information that you would like feedback on

IMPORTANT: All submitters will need to create an account, regardless of whether they already submitted or reviewed for the main Call for Presentations or already have an ILA username and password. After you click "Submit a Proposal" below, you will be asked to log in. The first time you log in to this submission portal, click on the "Need to create an account?" link in the pop-up. 

Questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance with the CFP, please contact us.

Email: conferences@ilaglobalnetwork.org

Call: +1 (202) 470-4818