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Warning for excessive positivity: Authentic leadership and other traps in leadership studies
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- Authors
- Alvesson, M., & Einola, K.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Hanken School of Economics (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Alvesson, Mats
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-08
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 383-395
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2940826307
- Cited by
- 412
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 57 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 71 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 10
- FWCI
- 67.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- 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 › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- authentic leadership, positive leadership, tautology, measurement instruments, transformational leadership, servant leadership, ethical leadership, spiritual leadership, corporate life
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