University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Management Department Faculty Publications Management Department 1-2009 Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions Bruce Avolio University of Nebraska - Lincoln,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/managementfacpub Part of the Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons Avolio, Bruce; Walumbwa, Fred; and Weber, Todd J., "Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions" (2009). Management Department Faculty Publications. 37. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/managementfacpub/37 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Management Department at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Management Department Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Published in Annual Review of Psychology 60 (2009), pp. 421-449; doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163621 Copyright © 2009 by Annual Reviews. Used by permission. http://psych.annualreviews.org Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions 1 2 3 Bruce J. Avolio, Fred O. Walumbwa, and Todd J. Weber 1 Department of Management, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0491; email:
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[email protected] Abstract This review examines recent theoretical and empirical developments in the leadership literature, beginning with topics that are currently receiving attention in terms of research, theory, and practice.