Authentic leadership theory : The case for and against
(2021) In Leadership Quarterly 32(6).- Abstract
Scholarly and practitioner interest in the topic of authentic leadership has grown dramatically over the past two decades. Running parallel to this interest, however, have been a number of concerns regarding the conceptual and methodological underpinnings for research on the construct. In this exchange of letters, the cases for and against the current authentic leadership theory are made. Through a dialogue, several areas of common ground are identified, as well as focal areas where the cases for and against the utility of authentic leadership theory for scholars and practitioners sharply diverge. Suggestions for future theorizing and research that reflect areas of common ground are advanced, along with divergent perspectives on how... (More)
Scholarly and practitioner interest in the topic of authentic leadership has grown dramatically over the past two decades. Running parallel to this interest, however, have been a number of concerns regarding the conceptual and methodological underpinnings for research on the construct. In this exchange of letters, the cases for and against the current authentic leadership theory are made. Through a dialogue, several areas of common ground are identified, as well as focal areas where the cases for and against the utility of authentic leadership theory for scholars and practitioners sharply diverge. Suggestions for future theorizing and research that reflect areas of common ground are advanced, along with divergent perspectives on how research on authenticity and leadership should proceed. Despite their differences, both author teams found the dialogue in itself to be a healthy process for theory development and encourage constructive future dialogue on other areas where theoretical perspectives diverge.
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- author
- Gardner, William L. ; Karam, Elizabeth P. ; Alvesson, Mats LU and Einola, Katja LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-02-07
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Authentic leadership, Authenticity, Leadership, Theory development
- in
- Leadership Quarterly
- volume
- 32
- issue
- 6
- article number
- 101495
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85100466070
- ISSN
- 1048-9843
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101495
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Funding Information: Mats Alvesson and Katja Einola warmly thank Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser (Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, Tore Browaldhs Foundation) for funding her research as well as John Antonakis for organizing this exchange. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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- 0c9006a8-dc9e-42b1-9456-6e8ce29c8553
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- 2021-02-18 13:11:13
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