A bibliometric study of authentic leadership

Velt, Hannes; Sinkovics, Rudolf R.

Abstract

This chapter offers a comprehensive review the literature on authentic leadership (AL). The authors employ a bibliometric approach to identify, classify, visualise and synthesise relevant scholarly publications and the work of a core group of interdisciplinary scholars who are key contributors to the research on AL. They review 264 journal articles, adopting a clustering technique to assess the central themes of AL scholarship. They identify five distinct thematic clusters: authenticity in the context of leadership; structure of AL; social perspectives on AL; dynamism of AL; and value perceptions of AL. Velt and Sinkovics assert that these clusters will help scholars of AL to understand the dominant streams in the literature and provide a foundation for future research.

Citation

Velt, H., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). A bibliometric study of authentic leadership. In R. V. Turcan, J. E. Reilly, K. M. Jørgensen, Y. Taran, & A. I. Bujac (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership (41-90). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-013-920231002

• Publication Date: Oct 5, 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2024
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 41-90
• Book Title: The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership
• ISBN: 9781802620139
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-013-920231002
• Keywords: Authentic leadership, Follower engagement, Commitment, Self-development, Bibliometric analysis, Thematic synthesis
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2773342