Olga Epitropaki is Professor of Management and Deputy Executive Dean (Research) at Durham University Business School, UK.  Her research interests include Implicit Leadership Theories, Leader-Member Exchanges, creative leadership, and leader identity. Her research has been published in top refereed journals, such as the Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Organizational Behavior, among others. She is Senior Associate Editor of the Leadership Quarterly and a member of several Editorial Boards. She has an edited book ‘Creative Leadership: Prospects and Contexts’ (Routledge) and is Series Editor of ‘Contemporary Perspectives on Relationship-based Leadership’ (IAP). She is the founder and organizer of the annual Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Leadership symposium.