Established Theories | Emerging Theories |
Neo-Charismatic Theories | Strategic Leadership |
Transformational lesdership | Strategic/top executive |
Charismatic leadership | Upper echelons theory |
Transactional leadership | Public leadership |
Ideological/pragmatic, outstanding leadership |
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Self-sacrificing leadership | Team Leadership |
Pygmalion effects | Leadership in team and decision groups |
Inspirational leadership |
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Leadership and Information Processing | Contextual, Complexity and System Perspectives of Leadership |
Leader and follower cognition | Contextual theories of leadership |
Implicit leadership | Social network theories of leadership |
Attribution theories of leadership | Complexity theories of leadership |
Information processing and decision making | Integrative leadership |
Social Exchange/Relational Leadership Theorie | Leader Emergence and Development |
Leader-member exchange (LMX) | Leadership development |
Relational leadership | Leadership emergence |
Vertical dyadic linkage (VDL) |
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Individualized leadership |
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Dispositional/Trait Theories | Ethical/Moral Leadership Theories |
Trait theories | Authentic leadership theory |
Leadership skills/competence | Ethical leadership theory |
Leader motive profile theory | Leader motive profile theory |
Leadership and Diversity, Cross-Cultural | Servant leadership theory |
Leadership and diversity, | Leading for Creativity, Innovation and Change |
Cross-cultural leadership | Leading for creativity and innovation |
Follower-Centric Leadership Theories | Leading organizational change |
Followership theories | Leading for organizational learning and knowledge |
Romance of leadership |
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Aesthetic leadership | Identity-Based Leadership Theories |
Behavioral Theories | Social identity theory of leadership |
Participative, shared leadership; delegation and empowerment | Identity and identification process theories of leadership |
Leadership reward and punishment behavior |
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