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THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND THE ANALYSIS OF NEW RESEARCH TRENDS

Yuan-Duen Lee*

Professor, The Department Of International Business,
College Of Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan

Pi-Ching Chen

Professor, The Department Of International Business,
College Of Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan

Chin-Lai Su

Ph.D. Student, Doctoral Program Of Business And Operations Management,
College Of Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan

*Corresponding Author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

This study examines the status of contemporary leadership research over the last decade. With SSCI citation data from the top leadership journal: The Leadership Quarterly, including 696 journal articles and 63,407 cited references, we conducted a co- citation analysis to explore the intellectual structure of leadership studies. The results show that contemporary leadership studies focus on transformational leadership, LMX theory, implicit leadership theories, authentic leadership, charismatic leadership, ethical leadership, and leadership affect and emotions. This study thus identifies the knowledge essentials of leadership research and profiles the most influential journals, publications and scholars and their relationships in this field. The results of this study also provide a useful tool for researchers to access the literature of leadership research.

Keywords: Leadership theory, Intellectual structure, Knowledge network, Co-citation analysis

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