Complexity science reframes leadership by focusing on the dynamic interactions between
all individuals, explaining how those interactions can, under certain conditions, produce …

The study of leadership emergence has increased substantially over the past few decades.
However, due to a lack of integrative theory, we believe limited advancement has been …

This chapter explores the phenomena of emergence in complex systems in order to review
and comment on organizational research applications of the idea. First, six prototypes of …

Over five years ago, The Leadership Quarterly published a special issue on complexity to
advance a new way of thinking about leadership. In shifting attention away from the …

As complex systems, organizations exist far from equilibrium where the ongoing interaction
of system components leads to emergent and self-organizing behavior. What, then, is the …

We draw attention to how and why multiple perspectives on emergence can promote
leadership scholarship within the broad umbrella category of emergent leadership. Tracing …

Complexity has become an important lens through which to view and understand the causes
and potencies of individual action and interaction in organizations as well as their meaning …

Traditional, hierarchical views of leadership are less and less useful given the complexities
of our modern world. Leadership theory must transition to new perspectives that account for …

Emergence as a multilevel process has received limited research attention in the micro–
meso disciplines of organizational science. Our intent is to explain the conceptual …

We consider Complexity Leadership Theory [Uhl-Bien, M., Marion, R., & McKelvey, B.(2007).
Complexity Leadership Theory: Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge …