11:30 am Registration opens (Hartman Forum 2021) 

12:30 pm-1:20 pm Welcome Lunch (Hartman Forum 2021)  

Session Blocks  

1:30 pm-2:50 pm Approaches to Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education (Hartman 3021)  

• Exploring the experience of role ambiguity in student affairs: A mixed methods investigation across organizational hierarchy 
  • Presenter: William Brown (James Madison University)  

• Adaptive leadership: Application of evidence-based management in a STEM department in higher education  
  • Presenter: Laura Lambert (James Madison University) 

• A leadership intervention for addressing organizational dysfunction in student advocacy groups  
  • Presenter: Orley Estrada (The College of William & Mary) 

• Teaching adaptive leadership with equity focus 
  • Presenter: Rebeca Barge (James Madison University) 

1:30 pm-2:50 pm Leadership Dynamics in Addressing Poverty, Diversity, and Gendered Communication (Hartman 3026) 

• Leadership systems for tackling the system of poverty  
  • Presenter: Eric Kaufman, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) 

• Leading change that matters: How the KAI improves diversity, problem solving, and team dynamics  
  • Presenter: Jerald Walz, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) 

• Female and male execute social media behavior: Gender differences in the use of agentic and communal language and its effects  
  • Presenter: Shawn Lough & Alyssa Bosley (James Madison University) 

1:30 pm-2:50 pm Advancing Nonprofit Leadership: Strategies for Tackling Complex Challenges (Hartman 3041) 

• Managing social capital in human service nonprofits  
  • Presenter: Glen Birch (University of Richmond) 

• Applying innovation management theories to build nonprofit capacity  
  • Presenter: Juan Pablo Berrizbeitia (J.P.Berriz) 

• Leadership and poverty reduction in the context of wicked problems  
  • Presenter: Linda Manning, Ph.D. (Christopher Newport University) 

• Ambidextrous leadership in non-profit organizations: The role of joint space  
  • Presenter: Rachel Reynolds, Ph.D. (University of Richmond) 

Session Blocks and Special Sessions 

3:00 pm-4:20 pm Innovative Leadership Strategies:  Inclusivity, Legitimacy, and Sense of Belonging (Zane 1121) 

• Expanding gender inclusivity in graduate leadership education  
  • Presenter: Galen Talis, Ph.D. (James Madison University) 

• Leadership framing legitimacy to access resources for the social impact of human service nonprofit organizations  
  • Presenter: Yu Wang (James Madison University) 

• Application of charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leadership theory into crisis situation  
  • Presenter: Fadi Majzoub (James Madison University) 

• Unpacking the HBCU experience: A phenomenological exploration of sense of belonging  
  • Presenter: Tonya Hall & Tracy Booker (Virginia Commonwealth University)  

3:00 pm-4:20 pm Special session: Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI (Hartman 3041)  

Presenters/Panel: Maureen Metcalf (Innovative Leadership Institute) & Neil Grunberg, Ph.D. (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)  

This panel will share the ten essential frameworks for contextual understanding and situational analysis, and guide you as you enter the new world of Innovative Leadership and followership in the Age of AI. We encourage the panel to share their input to validate or invalidate our point of view and help us collectively expand our understanding. 

3:00 pm-4:20 pm Special session: Theory Meets Data: Method Workshop on Policy-Practice Decoupling of Workgroup Inclusion Leadership Practices (Hartman 3026) 

Presenters/Panel: Nara Yoon, Ph.D. (James Madison University), Mark Hager, Ph.D.  (Arizona State University), & Teresa Oswald, CNP (Arizona State University) 

Operationalization? What’s that? One, start with a theoretical explanation. Two, collect data to see if squares up. Join us for a walk through operationalization, where concepts become variables, propositions become hypotheses, and data reshapes our ideas about how the world works. In this session, we’ll explore what a survey of nonprofit workers might teach us about how inclusive leadership influences organizational cultures on inclusive management practices.  

4:30 pm Reception & Poster Presentations (Hartman Forum 2021) 

• Leading the Change: Integrating AI for Enhanced Customer Experience in Operations 
  • Brandon D’Amour (Bridgewater College) 
• Empowering Sustainable Leadership: Leveraging AI for Environmental Innovation 
  • Raea Crabill (Bridgewater College) 

• Navigating the AI Revolution: Leadership Strategies for Ethical Integration and Enhanced Customer Trust 
  • Jared Mullins (Bridgewater College) 

• Transformative Leadership: Navigating AI in Customer Experience Management 
  • Elena Williams (Bridgewater College) 

• A Leadership Intervention for Addressing Organizational Dysfunction in Student Advocacy Groups 
  • Orley Estrada (The College of William & Mary) 

• The Role of Church Leadership in Prison Reform: The Case of the Church of Pentecost’s Prisons Project 
  • Yaw Akowuah (Virginia Tech)

• Multi-organizational Governance Networks and Role of Goal Fidelity 
  • Rollin Johnson Jr. (James Madison University) 

• Testing Choice Theory in the Context of Leadership Behavior 
  • Marcus Hubbard, Ph.D. (James Madison University) 

• The Role of Independent Board Size on the Financial Performance of Nonprofit Organizations 
  • Barnabas Suva (James Madison University)  

• Explore the Comprehensive Public Community College Accountability for the Perceived Effectiveness of Student Goal Attainment 
  • Yu Wang (James Madison University) 

• Diversification of Revenues in Nonprofit Organizations and Its Impact on Financial Sustainability 
  • James Were (James Madison University) 

• Nonprofit Boards and Financial Health 
  • Kennedy Musyoka (James Madison University)  

• Renovation and expansion of leadership for all genders: Building toward inclusive foundations 
  • Galen Talis, Ph.D. (James Madison University) 

• Governing Boards and DEI: An Examination of Their Impact 
  • Jeffery Wilson, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University) 

8:00 am-8:50 am Networking Breakfast (Hartman Forum 2021) 

Session Blocks and Special Sessions  

9:00 am-10:20 am Civic Leadership (Hartman 3021)  

• Carnegie’s leadership for public purpose: One institution’s experience 
  • Presenter: Margaret Sloan, Ph.D. (James Madison University) 

• Educating civic leaders through deliberative dialogue: Strategies and outcomes  
  • Presenter: Aidan Heitt (James Madison University) 

• The state of civic leadership in the Commonwealth  
  • Presenter: Kara Dillard, Ph.D. (James Madison University)  

9:00 am-10:20 am Special session: Creating and Assessing Leadership Development Programs (Hartman 3026) 

Presenters/Panel: Leen Adams, Ph.D. (University of Antwerp), Katelijne Berré, Ph.D. (University of Antwerp), Brian Smallwood (James Madison University), Ben Selznick, Ph.D. (James Madison University) 

While leadership programming has proliferated across the globe, the challenges and opportunities associated with developing and implementing such programming are often under-considered. In this session, we will engage in conversations associated with creating and assessing such curricula, using the University of Antwerp’s Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) as a jumping off point. This session will be particularly beneficial to attendees at various stages of the leadership development curriculum process, ranging from realizing initial ideas all the way to assessing the quality of your intervention.   

9:00 am-10:20 am Special session: How to Effectively Review Research: Opening the Review Process Black Box (Hartman 3041) 

Presenters/Panel: Adam Vanhove, Ph.D. (James Madison University), Bella Galperin, Ph.D. (University of Tampa), Pablo Escribano, Ph.D. (Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile), Felipe Guzman, Ph.D. (IESEG School of Management, France)  

Manuscript reviewers serve a critical purpose in the scientific process. Their evaluations drive decisions regarding which manuscripts are accepted for publication, and the practices used in published manuscripts become the standards for evaluating subsequent manuscripts. This workshop includes insights from Journal of Managerial Psychology (JMP) associate editors, analyzes examples of high and low-quality reviewer comments, and includes an interactive component wherein small groups of participants, with JMP editors, read and discuss their evaluations of different pieces of an example manuscript.  

Session Blocks and Special Sessions  

10:30 am-11:50 am Exploring Leadership Style in Practice (Hartman 3041)   

• A comprehensive theory for remote leadership  
  • Presenter: Brent Ritter (James Madison University) 

• Preventing educator sexual misconduct in schools: A leadership perspective  
  • Presenter: Emiola Oyefuga, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University) 

• Am I maintaining, reforming, or transforming the status quo? Exploring the role of followership in leading change  
  • Presenter: Eric Kaufman, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) 

• Convergent validity for the national outdoor leadership school (NOLS) leadership style quadrant class 
  • Presenter: Guy deBrun, Ph.D. (James Madison University)  

10:30 am-11:50 am Nonprofit Governance and Leadership: Advancing Organizational Performance (Hartman 3043) 

• Exploring the role of ethical reasoning in nonprofit board and leadership decision-making: A mixed methods study on the application of the ethical reasoning in action (ERiA) 8 key questions framework  
  • Presenter: Barnabas Suva (James Madison University) 

• Board composition and financial outcome, empirical study about how board size, and expertise ensure non-for-profit financial performance  
  • Presenter: Zerrouk Bessa (James Madison University) 

• Bringing factor analysis into data-based decision: The nonprofit governance lens  
  • Presenter: Daisha Merritt, Ph.D. (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) 

10:30 am-11:50 am Special session: Workshop on Methods in Organizational Science (Hartman 3026) 

Presenters/Panel: Minjong Jun, Ph.D. (James Madison University), Fuhe Jin, Ph.D. (The College of New Jersey), Biying Yang, Ph.D. (South Dakota State U.) 

This workshop introduces how several methods can be utilized to test hypotheses. Specifically, we start with the systematic review on capturing complementarities/synergies as resource complementarity/synergy, which is defined as conditions where the return of one resource increases in the presence of the other resource(s), is frequently suggested to play a critical role in the development of sustained competitive advantage. Next, we introduce two methods, i.e., growth modeling and network analysis, with empirical examples: (1) investigating team conflict dynamics using growth modeling and (2) examining strategic leadership through social network analysis. 

12:00 pm Awards Luncheon, Keynote Address (Hartman Forum 2021)