Publication attributes of leadership: what do they mean?

Diana Tal; Avishag Gordon

doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2425-8

Publication attributes of leadership: what do they mean?

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Abstract

The article evaluates 48 approaches to leadership for the first time for the period of 1965–2016 using bibliometric methods. Our analysis combines four parameters: the number of publications, citations, self-citations, and dispersion of literature (a new parameter). The question of what is the most influential approach to leadership is addressed. We argue that the interplay among the four attributes observed in this study shows that transformational leadership is the most influential and popular approach to leadership in leadership studies today. However, there is a question of whether the excessive self-citations in this approach to leadership play a role in its augmented visibility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1391-1402
Number of pages	12
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume	112
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2425-8
State	Published - 1 Sep 2017

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Keywords

Bibliometrics
Emerging types
Leadership approaches
Leading type
Transformational

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Social Sciences (all)
Computer Science Applications
Library and Information Sciences

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