A growing demand to be empathic can be witnessed in organization studies and
management advice literature. This requirement does not only focus on the leadership …

We are happy to have this chance to comment on the book chapters in Part 2, as it allows us
to further the debate on a topic that is important for the social scientific study of leadership …

Relational transparency is necessary in a new age of leadership during which followers
have nearly the same access, via technology and the Internet, to the same information as …

The emerging literature on relational leadership views leadership as a multidirectional
social influence process in which relationships are a key source of leadership effectiveness …

This article addresses the fundamental question of what is ethical leadership by
rearticulating relations between leaders and followers in terms of “affective leadership.” The …

The practice view of leadership rejects notions of individual influence and control, and a
linear and monolithic approach in favor of collective engagement, divergence …

Although interpersonal relationships have always held importance within the organizational
literature (Blau, 1964; Follett, 1941), a focus on relational perspectives is recently …

Purpose As ethical leadership has advanced as a construct, the degree to which healthy
relational systems explain its effect on employee outcomes has been understudied. With this …

This paper offers phenomenological perspectives on leadership as an embodied material
and relational practice. Based on Merleau-Ponty's understanding of embodiment and …

This paper proposes that leadership is an embodied process which occurs among those
who are in community together. This implies that the dualities between the leader and the …