Professor Iain L. Densten
Head of Department – Management and Security
Location: Wellington Hall
Department of Management and Security
Current activities
Professor Iain Densten is currently the Head of Department and Professor of Defence & Security Management: Cranfield Defence & Security, Cranfield University. Iain has previously held two prominent positions at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), i.e., Professor of Leadership in the Department of Management Learning and Leadership and the Director of the Lancaster Leadership Centre (LLC) and it's Health Leadership Centre (HLC). Prior to moving to the United Kingdom from Australia, Iain was the Professor of Leadership in the School of Business at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) which was located at the Australian Defence Force Academy and held an academic position at Monash University.
Background
Professor Densten has achieved a range of successes which include (a) playing a leading role in the academic community through publications and conference papers that investigate leadership and it's relationship to burnout, values, organisational culture, climate, innovation and education, (b) developing high quality and evidence-based leadership education programmes for a diverse and discerning audience, and (c) organising and interfacing with internal and now increasingly external bodies to create customized knowledge exchanges and learning experiences.
Selected publications
Densten, I.L. and Sarros, J.C. (2012). The Impact of Organizational Culture and Social Desirability on Australian CEO Leadership. Leadership and Organizational Development.
Densten, I.L. (2010). Leadership in Healthcare Management. In A.V. Ciurea, C. Cooper and E. Avram (eds.). Management of Healthcare Systems and Organizations. Carol Davila University Press, Bucharest.
Densten, I.L., Gray, J.H., and Sarros, J.C., (2010). Leadership augmentation at the upper echelons of organizations. International Leadership Journal, 2(2), 4-31.
Densten, I.L. (2008). How climate and leadership can be used to create actionable knowledge during stages of mergers and acquisitions. In S. Finkelstein and C. Cooper (eds.). Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions, Volume 7, Elsevier, Oxford.
Densten, I.L. (2008). Leadership: Current assessment and future needs. In S. Cartwright and C. Cooper (eds.). OxfordHandbook of Personnel Psychology, Oxford, 93-120.
Gray, J.H. and Densten, I.L. (2007). How leaders woo followers in the romance of leadership, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Special Edition: On the Romance of Leadership – In Memory of James R. Meindl, 56(4), 558-581.
Densten, I.L. (2006). Negotiating extra effort through contingent rewards. Leadership & Organizational Development Journal, 27(1), 38-49.
Sarros, J.C., Gray, J.H., Densten, I.L., and Cooper, B. (2005). The organisational culture profile revisited and revised: An Australian perspective. Australian Journal of Management. 30(1), June, 159-182.
Densten, I.L. (2005). The Relationship between visioning behaviours and follower burnout. British Journal of Management. 15(2), 105-118.
Gray, J.H. and Densten, I.L. (2005). Towards and integrative model of organizational culture and knowledge management, International Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Special Edition on Knowledge Management, 9(2), 594-603.
Densten, I.L. (2003). Leading senior police officers: Does rank matter? Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. 26(3), 400-418.
Gray, J.H., Densten, I.L., and Sarros, J.C. (2003). Size matters: Organizational culture in small, medium, and large Australian Organizations. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 17(1), 42-53.
Sarros, J.C., Gray, J.H., and Densten, I.L., (2003). Leadership and its impact on organizational culture. International Journal of Business Studies, 10(2), 1-26.
Gray, J.H., Densten, I.L., and Sarros, J.C. (2003). Executive leadership in Australian small business: Beyond entrepreneurial vision. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 4(1), 37-45.
Hall, P. and Densten, I.L. (2002). Following successfully: Followership and technology adoption. Prometheus, 20(2), 87-105.
Sarros, J.C., Tanewski, G.A., Winter, R.P., Santora, J.C., and Densten, I.L. (2002). Work alienation and organisational leadership. British Journal of Management, 13(4), 285-304.
Densten, I.L. (2002). Clarifying inspirational motivation and its relationship to extra effort. The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal, 22(1), 40-44.
Densten, I.L. (2001). Re-thinking burnout. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22(8), 1-14.
Densten, I.L. and Gray, J.H. (2001). The links between followership and the experiential learning model: Followership coming of age. The Journal of Leadership Studies, 8(1), 69-76.
Densten, I.L. and Gray, J.H. (2001). Leadership development and reflection: What’s the connection? International Journal of Educational Management, 15(3), 119-124.
Densten, I.L. (2000). Leadership development through decision making models. Academy of Strategic and Organizational Leadership Journal, 4(1), 35-44.
Densten, I.L. (1999). Senior Australian law enforcement leadership under examination. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 22(1), 45-57.
