A growing body of leadership literature focuses on leader and follower identity dynamics,
levels, processes of development and outcomes. Despite the importance of the phenomena …

In this article, I develop a theory explaining how recurring patterns of leading–following
interactions produce emergent leader–follower identities, relationships and social structures …

We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of
gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women …

We examine the 'identity work'of manager–professional 'hybrids', specifically medical
professionals in managerial roles in the British National Health Service, to maintain and …

We propose that a leadership identity is coconstructed in organizations when individuals
claim and grant leader and follower identities in their social interactions. Through this …

Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have
multiple identities—based on attributes such as organizational membership, profession …

Leadership development is a multifaceted phenomenon with a multitude of definitions and
meanings requiring closer exploration. The aim of this study was to identify and investigate …

Critical consensus holds that leader-centred leadership theories reproduce romanticism by
exaggerating the impact of individual leaders. In contrast, a processual perspective views …

A wealth of literature documents that women leaders can face simultaneous and yet
conflictual demands for both agency and communion, due to the incongruence of their …

Most leaders develop through experiences across multiple domains of life (work, community,
friends/family), yet how this process occurs remains largely unexplored. We propose a …