Leadership in Applied Psychology: Three Waves of Theory and Research

Lord, R.G.; Day, D.V.; Zaccaro, S.J.; Avolio, B.J.; Eagly, A.H.

doi:10.1037/apl0000089

Leadership in Applied Psychology: Three Waves of Theory and Research

Lord, R.G.; Day, D.V.; Zaccaro, S.J.; Avolio, B.J.; Eagly, A.H.

Authors

Professor Robert Lord robert.lord@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

D.V. Day

S.J. Zaccaro

B.J. Avolio

A.H. Eagly

Abstract

Although in the early years of the Journal leadership research was rare and focused primarily on traits differentiating leaders from nonleaders, subsequent to World War II the research area developed in 3 major waves of conceptual, empirical, and methodological advances: (a) behavioral and attitude research; (b) behavioral, social-cognitive, and contingency research; and (c) transformational, social exchange, team, and gender-related research. Our review of this work shows dramatic increases in sophistication from early research focusing on personnel issues associated with World War I to contemporary multilevel models and meta-analyses on teams, shared leadership, leader-member exchange, gender, ethical, abusive, charismatic, and transformational leadership. Yet, many of the themes that characterize contemporary leadership research were also present in earlier research.

Citation

Lord, R., Day, D., Zaccaro, S., Avolio, B., & Eagly, A. (2017). Leadership in Applied Psychology: Three Waves of Theory and Research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), 434-451. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000089

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 3, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Mar 22, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Mar 23, 2016
Journal	Journal of Applied Psychology
Print ISSN	0021-9010
Electronic ISSN	1939-1854
Publisher	American Psychological Association
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	102
Issue	3
Pages	434-451
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000089
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1388518