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‘Let’s get real’ … when we lead: A systematic review, critical assessment, and agenda for authentic leadership theory and research

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  • Gardner, William L.
  • Karam, Elizabeth P.
  • Noghani, Farzaneh
  • Cogliser, Claudia C.
  • Gullifor, Daniel P.
  • Mhatre, Ketan
  • Ge, Shucheng
  • Bi, Ran
  • Yan, Zhen
  • Dahunsi, Dara

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Scholarly and practitioner interest in authentic leadership has grown at an accelerating rate over the last decade, resulting in a proliferation of publications across diverse social science disciplines. Accompanying this interest has been criticism of authentic leadership theory and the methods used to explore it. We conducted a systematic review of 303 scholarly articles published from 2010 to 2023 to critically assess the conceptual and empirical strengths and limitations of this literature and map the nomological network of the authentic leadership construct. Results indicate that much of the extant research does not follow best practices in terms of research design and analysis. Based on the findings obtained, an agenda for advancing authentic leadership theory and research that embraces a signaling theory perspective is proposed.

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  • Gardner, William L. & Karam, Elizabeth P. & Noghani, Farzaneh & Cogliser, Claudia C. & Gullifor, Daniel P. & Mhatre, Ketan & Ge, Shucheng & Bi, Ran & Yan, Zhen & Dahunsi, Dara, 2024. "‘Let’s get real’ … when we lead: A systematic review, critical assessment, and agenda for authentic leadership theory and research," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(6), pages 1642-1668, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:30:y:2024:i:6:p:1642-1668_4
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