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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Never let an academic crisis go to waste: Leadership Studies in the wake of journal retractions
Contributor:
Spoelstra, Sverre;
Butler, Nick;
Delaney, Helen
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2016
Published in:Leadership
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/1742715016658215
ISSN:
1742-7150;
1742-7169
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> In 2014, leadership studies saw the retraction of a number of journal articles written by prominent researchers who are closely associated with popular concepts such as transformational leadership, authentic leadership, ethical leadership and spiritual leadership. In response, The Leadership Quarterly published a lengthy editorial that presented these retractions as a sign of health in a mature scientific field. For the editors of The Leadership Quarterly, there is no crisis in leadership studies. In this paper, we suggest that the editorial is a missed opportunity to reflect on positivist leadership studies. In our view, leadership ought to be in crisis because this would stimulate the community to question its guiding assumptions and reconsider its methods and objectives. We therefore hope to open up a critical discussion about the means and ends of mainstream leadership studies – not least of all its scientific pretensions. </jats:p>