1 Engendering Leadership Through Research and Practice Conference Proceedings, Perth, 21 – 24 July 2008. Consortium for Diversity at Work UWA Business School M261 University of Western Australia Hackett Drive, Crawley WA 6009 Tel: 61 8 64881434 Fax: 61 8 64881055 Email: cdw@biz.uwa.edu.au Web: http://www.biz.uwa.edu.au © 2008 Business School, University of Western Australia ISBN: 978-1-74052-179-6 Compiled and edited by Jacquie Hutchinson Layout by Brianna Akesson and Reshma Fernandes Conference organisers: Jacquie Hutchinson, Trish Todd, Jen de Vries, Jennifer Binns. All abstracts for papers in this volume were subject to double blind refereeing. The conference organisers acknowledge the conference stream leaders and many colleagues who volunteered their time and effort to be part of the review process. Citing the Conference Proceedings Please cite the proceedings using the following as an example: Afolabi, M.M. & Olasupo, F. A. (2008) ‘The Female Gender In Traditional Leadership In Nigeria: A Socio-Cultural Perspective’ in J. Hutchinson (Ed.) Engendering Leadership: Through Resarch and Practice, Conference Proceedings, Perth, July 21 - 24 2008. Perth: University of Western Australia, pp 8-17.