Chris O’Riordan is a Lecturer in Accounting and Head of the Centre for Management Research in Healthcare & Healthcare Economics at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Felicity Kelliher is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Co-Founder of RIKON Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Patrick C. Flood is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Co-Director of the Leadership and Talent Institute at Dublin City University, Ireland.Malcolm Higgs is Professor of Organisation Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Hull University Business School, UK.

• Introduction.- The Outsider Concept and Outsider Leader: A Literature Review.- From Politics to Business: How Wide is the Leadership Gap?.- Leading Within a Male Dominated Sector: The Female Outsider Leader Landscape.- Serial Outsider Leadership: Coming in From the Cold?.- Outside In and Out and In as a Serial Entrepreneur.- Outsider Leader in an Outside Market: The Challenges of Market Entry.- Outsider After the Fact: Leading in a Founder-Present Business.- Outsider by Birth: Leading in a Family Firm.- Conclusion.

Chris O’Riordan is a Lecturer in Accounting and Head of the Centre for Management Research in Healthcare & Healthcare Economics at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Felicity Kelliher is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Co-Founder of RIKON Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Patrick C. Flood is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Co-Director of the Leadership and Talent Institute at Dublin City University, Ireland.Malcolm Higgs is Professor of Organisation Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Hull University Business School, UK.

• Introduction.- The Outsider Concept and Outsider Leader: A Literature Review.- From Politics to Business: How Wide is the Leadership Gap?.- Leading Within a Male Dominated Sector: The Female Outsider Leader Landscape.- Serial Outsider Leadership: Coming in From the Cold?.- Outside In and Out and In as a Serial Entrepreneur.- Outsider Leader in an Outside Market: The Challenges of Market Entry.- Outsider After the Fact: Leading in a Founder-Present Business.- Outsider by Birth: Leading in a Family Firm.- Conclusion.

Chris O’Riordan is a Lecturer in Accounting and Head of the Centre for Management Research in Healthcare & Healthcare Economics at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Felicity Kelliher is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Co-Founder of RIKON Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. Patrick C. Flood is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Co-Director of the Leadership and Talent Institute at Dublin City University, Ireland.Malcolm Higgs is Professor of Organisation Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Hull University Business School, UK.

• Introduction.- The Outsider Concept and Outsider Leader: A Literature Review.- From Politics to Business: How Wide is the Leadership Gap?.- Leading Within a Male Dominated Sector: The Female Outsider Leader Landscape.- Serial Outsider Leadership: Coming in From the Cold?.- Outside In and Out and In as a Serial Entrepreneur.- Outsider Leader in an Outside Market: The Challenges of Market Entry.- Outsider After the Fact: Leading in a Founder-Present Business.- Outsider by Birth: Leading in a Family Firm.- Conclusion.