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QualificationsKen has degrees from the University of Queensland, Central Queensland University, the University of Southern Queensland, and a PhD from Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute. Discipline AreasProfessor Parry is one of the main scholars on organisational leadership in the Australasian region. He is also an international authority on the use of qualitative methodologies in the research of the leadership process. Most recently Ken is working in the area of the "Art, Science and Drama of Leadership". The latter is the title of his most recent book, currently being written. BooksHe is the author or editor of eleven books and monographs, and seventeen book chapters, mostly in the area of leadership. His books include Grounding Leadership Theory and Research (2002), The Hero Manager: Learning from New Zealand's Top Chief Executives (2001), Leadership In the Antipodes (2001), Human Resource Management: Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions (1998), Transformational Leadership: Developing and Enterprising Management Culture (1996), and Leadership Research and Practice: Emerging Themes and New Challenges (1996). He has recently made two CDs for Management Press , the publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Management. Refereed ArticlesKen has authored many journal articles, and numerous conference papers and professional articles and reports. He has won four awards for papers at Aust/NZ Academy of Management conferences, and an Anbar citation of research excellence for a 1999 article in the Journal of Organizational Change Management . Editorial and ReviewKen is the Editor of the Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (JANZAM) . He is also on the Editorial Boards of The Leadership Quarterly and the new Sage journal Leadership . Industry ExperienceKen worked for 9 years in private industry with Meyers Taylor and Hunter Douglas as an inventory manager in the manufacturing sector. Industry LiaisonHe has addressed the Senior Executive Service of the Australian Public Service at the National Press Club, and has consulted and taught throughout Australasia and South-east Asia. Professor Parry has made in excess of 800 managers into better leaders in the past few years, and regularly receives evaluations of 'outstanding' and 'excellent'. He is widely used as a speaker at professional conferences and industry events. Ken has conducted two national surveys and more recently is researching chief executive derailment. He has been a judge at the New Zealand KPMG Public Sector Innovation Awards , the AIM management excellence awards and the Queensland Premiers awards for excellence in public sector management .Publications and PapersSelected Recent Refereed Journal ArticlesParry , K. W., & Hansen, H. (2005). The story is the leader. Leadership , under review. (Published by Sage) Parry , K. W., & Fischer, R. (2005). Gender congruity and social processes of leadership: Is gender balance important? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , under review. Smith, P. B., Peterson, M. F., Parry , K. W. and others (2005). Demographic effects on the use of vertical sources of guidance by managers in widely differing cultural contexts. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management , 5(1), in press. Parry , K. W. & Sinha, P. (2005). Researching the Trainability of Transformational Organisational Leadership. Human Resource Development International , 8(2), in press. Kan , M. & Parry , K. W. (2004). Identifying paradox: A grounded theory of leadership in overcoming resistance to change. (.pdf) The Leadership Quarterly , 15(4), 467-491. ( LQ is an A-level journal with a 16% acceptance rate, published by Elsevier Science Press) Parry , K. W. (2004). Comparative modelling of the social processes of leadership in work units. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management , 10(2), 69-80. Parry , K. W. (2003). Of complexity and distillation: Stewart's contribution to understanding what managers really do. The Leadership Quarterly , 14(2), 216-221. Parry , K. W. (2003). 'How?' and 'Why?': Theory emergence and using the grounded theory method to determine levels of analysis. Invited paper for F. Dansereau & F. Yammarino. Multi-level Issues in Organizational Behavior and Strategy: Research in Multi-Level Issues , volume 2, 127-141. Oxford , UK : Elsevier/JAI Press. ISSN 1475-9144. Parry , K. W. & Proctor-Thomson, S. B. (2003). Leadership, culture and performance: The case of the New Zealand public sector. Journal of Change Management , 3(4), 376-399. (Published by Routledge) Parry , K. W. & Proctor-Thomson, S. B. (2003). Leader career development: Who should take responsibility? Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources , 41(3), 316-337. (Published by Sage) Parry , K. W. & Proctor-Thomson, S. B. (2002). Do our chief executives have their finger on the pulse? Auckland Business Review , 4(1), 20-30. Parry , K. W. (2002). Hierarchy of Abstraction Modelling (H.A.M.) and the psychometric validation of grounded theory research. (.pdf) International Journal of Organisational Behaviour , 5(5), 180-194. Smith, P. B., Peterson, M. F., Schwartz, S. H., Parry , K. W. and others (2002). Cultural values, sources of guidance and their relevance to managerial behavior: A 47 nation study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology , 33(2), March, 188-208. (Published by Sage) Parry , K. W. & Proctor-Thomson, S. B. (2002). Perceived integrity of transformational leaders in organisational settings. (.pdf) Journal of Business Ethics , 35(2), January (II), 75-96. (Kluwer Academic Publishing). BooksParry , K. W. & Meindl, J. R. (Eds.) (2002). Grounding Leadership Theory and Research: Issues, Perspectives and Methods . (Volume 1 in the 'Research in Leadership Horizons' series - Professor Jim Meindl, series editor). Greenwich , CT : Information Age Publishing, pp. 221. ISBN 1-931576-01-7. Jackson, B. G. & Parry , K. W. (2001). The Hero Manager: Learning from New Zealand 's Top Chief Executives . Auckland : Penguin, pp240. ISBN 0-14-100473-8. 4 th in national book sales, late 2001; 3 rd in NZIM/Dymocks management best sellers June-December 2001 . Parry , K. W. (Ed.) (2001). Leadership in the Antipodes : Findings, Implications and a Leader Profile . Wellington : Victoria University Institute of Policy Studies and the Centre for the Study of Leadership, pp. 241. (Reprinted 2003). ISBN 0-908935-57-9. Parry , K. W. & Smith, D. G . ( Eds .) (1998). Human Resource Management: Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions . Toowoomba: University of Southern Queensland Press. pp193. (Reprinted 1999, 2000, 2001). ISBN 0-949414-89-1. Parry , K. W. (1996). Transformational Leadership: Developing an Enterprising Management Culture. Melbourne : Pitman Publishing (now Business & Professional Publishing Pty. Ltd.) . pp168. (Reprinted 1997, 1999). ISBN 0-729-90330-3. Parry , K. W. (Ed.) (1996). Leadership Research and Practice: Emerging Themes and New Challenges. Melbourne : Pitman Publishing (now Business & Professional Publishing Pty. Ltd.) . pp190. (Reprinted 1999). ISBN 0-729-90352-4. Recent Chapters in Edited BooksParry , K. W. & Bryman, A. (2006). Leadership in Organizations. In S. Clegg, C. Hardy & W. Nord (Eds.) Handbook of Organization Studies (2 nd edn.). London : Sage (forthcoming). Parry , K. W. (2004). Grounded Theory. In Goethals, G. R., Sorenson, G. & Burns, J. McG., Encyclopedia of Leadership . London : Sage, ISBN 076192597X, pp2120. Parry , K. W. & Meindl. J. R. (2002). Models, methods and triangulation: Researching the social processes in our societies. Chapter 11 in K. W. Parry & J. R. Meindl (Eds.) Grounding Leadership Theory and Research: Issues, Perspectives and Methods . (Leadership Horizons series - Professor Jim Meindl series editor). Greenwich , CT : Information Age Publishing, pp. 199-221. Parry , K. W. (2002). Better leadership? Ask the right questions. In C. Barker and R. Coy (Eds.) The Heart and Soul of Leadership . The AIM Management Today Book Series. Brisbane : McGraw-Hill, pp. 72-99. Parry , K. W. (2002). Four phenomenologically-determined social processes of organizational leadership: Further support for the construct of transformational Leadership. In B. J. Avolio & F. J. Yammarino (Eds.) Transformational and Charismatic Leadership: Monographs in Leadership and Management, volume 2 . Oxford , UK : JAI Press/Elsevier Science, pp. 339-372. Parry , K. W. (2001). Could leadership theory be generalised? In R. Wiesner & B. Millett (Eds.) Management and Organisational Behaviour: Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions . Brisbane : John Wiley & Sons, pp. 161-173. Parry , K. W. (2001). Conclusions, implications and a leader profile. In Parry, K. W. (Ed.) Leadership in the Antipodes : Findings, Implications and a Leader Profile . Wellington : Victoria University Institute of Policy Studies and Centre for the Study of Leadership, pp. 225-241. Proctor-Thomson, S. B. & Parry , K. W. (2001). What the best leaders look like. In Parry, K. W. (Ed.) Leadership in the Antipodes : Findings, Implications and a Leader Profile . Wellington : Victoria University Institute of Policy Studies and Centre for the Study of Leadership, pp. 166-191. Refereed ContributionsParry , K. W. (2003). Constant comparison. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. E. Bryman, & T. F. Liao (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods , London: Sage. ISBN 0761923632. pp1528. Compact DiscsParry , K. W. (2005). Learn the Art of Leadership . Brisbane : Management Press. Parry , K. W. (2004). Understanding Leadership . Brisbane : Management Press. Recent Conference Best Paper Awards, Keynote Addresses, Invited AddressesFischer, R. and Parry , K. W. (2004). Social processes of leadership: A new perspective on leadership and its effect on work behaviour . Best Paper Runner-Up and Stream best paper for the leadership stream at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, Dunedin , New Zealand , 8-11 December. Parry , K. W. (2004). Leadership: Getting the best out of your people . Invited keynote address to the Australian Amusement, Leisure and Recreation Association (AALARA) conference and exhibition, Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast, 27 July. Jackson, B., Sinha, P. & Parry , K. (2003). Enter Stage Right: The Dramatistic Genre in Leadership Research . Stream best paper for the leadership stream at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, Fremantle , Western Australia , 2-5 December. Parry , K. W. (2003). The Best Leaders Don't Always Make it to the Top . Keynote address to the Institute for Business Leaders forum. Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, 9 July. Parry , K. W. (2002). An Exploration of Social Processes of Leadership in Organisations in New Zealand . Conference Best Paper award at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, Beechworth , Victoria , 4-7 December. Ken Parry, Invited Chair of Conference - Leadership in the 21 st Century: Alternate Approaches . University of Newcastle , November 8-9, 2001 . Parry , K. W. (2000). Using the Grounded Theory Method to Analyse Interview Data on Social Processes of Influence within Organisations . Fourth International Conference on Organisational Discourse Best Papers Award. King's College, University of London , 26-28 July.
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Ken Parry is a Professor of Management, specialising in leadership studies, at Griffith University. Prior to this, he was Director of the Centre for the Study of Leadership at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The centre was a joint venture with private industry. 
