The Future of Leadership Research: Challenges and Opportunities**
Zeitschrift für Personalforschung › Band 18 Nr. 3, Juli 2004
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For over a half century, leadership researchers have attempted to identify the aspects of leadership that improve organizational performance, yet the answer is still elusive. This commentary discusses several reasons for the slow progress. There is a lack of collaborative effort between academics and practitioners, and the leadership theory and research has lacked adequate emphasis on strategic issues, explanatory processes, and the moderating effects of the situation. These shortcomings and ways to remedy them are discussed.
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The Future of Leadership Research: Challenges and Opportunities**
Introduction
For over fifty years, leadership researchers have attempted to identify the aspects of leadership that improve organizational performance. Countless studies have been conducted over the past half century to determine why some leaders are more effective than others, but the answer is elusive and leadership researchers arc still attempting to answer this question.In this commentary, we will outline several reasons for the slow progress. One reason is that both academics and practitioners are interested in effective leadership, yet there is little convergence in conceptualizations of effective leadership. Another reason is that leadership has generally been examined at lower-levels of the organization instead of looking at strategic leadership by top executives. A third reason is that there is an overe...Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
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