Brexit disruption and transborder leadership in Europe

Gibney, John, Shutt, John and Liddle, Joyce (2021) Brexit disruption and transborder leadership in Europe. Regional Studies, 55 (9-10). pp. 1596-1608. ISSN 0034-3404

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1900556

Abstract

The turbulence of Brexit threatens to undermine England–European Union (EU) transborder cooperation at the subnational scale. This paper discusses the lived experience of city and regional leaders involved in developing cross-European cooperation during the early phase of the Brexit ‘project’. It contributes to the idea of relational leadership as a framing device for studying leadership in transborder cooperation in the England–EU subnational setting, and surfaces challenges faced by subnational leaders in transborder cooperation during significant policy turbulence. Two main findings of the research have wider relevance for emerging city and regional (place) leadership theory and practice. First, the unanticipated shock caused by Brexit to the supra-national policy environment is impacting significantly on subnational leaders’ ability to maintain good transborder working relationships; and second, continuing non-prejudicial dialogue and meaningful conversations between subnational partners are an antidote to the negative legacies of such policy disruption.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Brexit, relational leadership, transborder cooperation, dialogue
Subjects: N100 Business studies
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: Ellen Cole
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2020 16:00
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2022 08:01
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44447

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