Authentic leadership: A review of the literature and research agenda
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Although the four-dimension operationalization of authentic leadership has been dominant and its dimensional structure validated, a variety of definitions and understandings of the construct have emerged.
“Although this operationalization has been dominant in research and its dimensional structure has been validated (Neider & Schriesheim, 2011), a variety of definitions and understandings of the construct have emerged (Gardner et al., 2011, for a review).”
From Taking Stock of Moral Approaches to Leadership: An Integrative Review of Ethical, Authentic, and Servant Leadership (2019) · cites this paper as Gardner et al., 2011
Self-determination theory was foundational to authentic leadership's conceptual development.
“Self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) was foundational to authentic leadership's conceptual development (Gardner et al., 2005;Gardner et al., 2011;Ilies, Morgeson, & Nahrgang, 2005).”
From Taking Stock of Moral Approaches to Leadership: An Integrative Review of Ethical, Authentic, and Servant Leadership (2019) · cites this paper as Gardner et al., 2011
The original wisdom contained in the New Testament scriptures and embodied in Jesus speaks powerfully and pertinently into current leadership debates about authenticity, character, ethics and followership.
“Because this original wisdom, contained in the New Testament scriptures and embodied in the teaching and lifestyle of Jesus speaks very powerfully and pertinently into current leadership debates, which are currently pre-occupied with issues of authenticity (Gardner et al. 2011), character (Crossan et al. 2013), ethics (Brown and Trevin ˜o 2006; Schaubroeck et al. 2012) and followership (Collinson”
From Having Burned the Straw Man of Christian Spiritual Leadership, what can We Learn from Jesus About Leading Ethically? (2017) · cites this paper as Gardner et al. 2011
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- Authors
- Gardner, W. L., Cogliser, C. C., Davis, K. M., & Dickens, M. P.
- Affiliations
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gardner, William L.
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1120-1145
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973784577
- Cited by
- 1,340
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 100 · 2025: 91 · 2024: 117 · 2023: 115 · 2022: 113 · 2021: 135 · 2020: 108 · 2019: 93 · 2018: 82 · 2017: 97 · 2016: 92 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 63.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- authentic leadership, leadership research agenda, nomological network, publication trends, future research directions
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