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Small and Medium-Sized Accounting Firms in India: Inclusive or Exclusive Leadership?

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This chapter explores leadership practices undertaken by owner-managers of small and medium-sized accounting firms in India. The overarching aim of the study is to identify whether or not owner-managers of accounting firms in India undertake inclusive leadership practices as a strategic orientation for their employees in the small and medium-sized firms. As the contemporary business demands an inclusive work environment to create a competitive advantage for firms on a long-term basis, it is important to study firms’ inclusive leadership practices. Data from 20 in-depth qualitative interviews is analysed to explore thematic categories of importance relevant to the Indian accounting context. The results indicate that the owner-managers of small and medium-sized accounting firms encourage or create exclusively gendered spaces in the organisation of work practices and lack core competencies associated with inclusive leadership.

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Adapa, S., Sheridan, A. (2018). Small and Medium-Sized Accounting Firms in India: Inclusive or Exclusive Leadership?. In: Adapa, S., Sheridan, A. (eds) Inclusive Leadership. Palgrave Studies in Leadership and Followership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60666-8_4

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