Rilda Oelangan Taneko
PhD studentProfile
An avid reader and has been publishing her writings since she was an undergraduate student, Rilda has published two novels and two short story collections. She won Krakatau Award (2018) and shortlisted for Khatulistiwa Literary Award (2019) and the Indonesian Government Literary Award (2021).
In 2025, Rilda joined the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology (OWT), Â鶹ֱ²¥ Management School, to pursue her doctoral study. She is working on an issue close to her heart: examining how matriarchal leadership is (re)produced and enacted in resisting patriarchy, under supervision of Dr. Dermot O’Reilly, Distinguised Professor David Collinson and Dr. Mohammed Cheded.
Qualifications
BA Sociology (Cum Laude) from University of Lampung, Indonesia
MA Women, Gender and Development from Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University, the Netherlands
Current Teaching
MNGT 110 'Introduction to Management and Leadership'
OWT 101 'Management, Organisation and Work: Key Issues and Debates'
Research Overview
The empirical existence and persistence of matriarchal societies illustrate that, in various civilisations in certain parts of the world, it is women who are at the centre of leadership and management processes. Yet, there appears to be a dearth of research on the role of matriarchal cultures in the organisation of matriarchal social formations, including in leadership studies. The research examines whether matriarchal cultures contain elements of opposition and thus may be involved in (counter)hegemonic discursive practices, and if so, how, why and with what consequences such resistant practices may be (re)produced in the face of significant patriarchal forces.
Supervised By
Dr. Dermot O'Reilly
Distinguised Professor David Collinson
Dr. Mohammed Cheded