The multiple lenses of studying and approaching leadership

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Renato Souza
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-9047
Thomaz Wood Jr.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-4699

Abstract

Este artigo discute as múltiplas formas de estudo da liderança, com um interesse particular nos recentes estudos empíricos e teóricos da produção científica brasileira. O artigo revisa o que denominamos as três principais lentes de estudo da liderança (i.e., liderança individual, followership, liderança coletiva), e a tipologia utilizada no artigo resume a visão essencial de cada lente, bem como a sua evolução histórica. Essa discussão sobre as três lentes é utilizada para analisar a literatura científica sobre liderança em periódicos científicos brasileiros no período entre 2016 e 2021. A revisão sistemática de literatura de 32 artigos aponta para uma ênfase na primeira lente, isto é, o foco em líderes individuais, em posições formais de autoridade e para a ideia de que liderança é mais uma atividade hierárquica e vertical do que um fenômeno coletivo. O artigo conclui sinalizando as oportunidades para estudos empíricos em abordagens mais contemporâneas sobre liderança coletiva em organizações brasileiras.

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SOUZA, R.; WOOD JR., T. The multiple lenses of studying and approaching leadership. RAE - Revista de Administracao de Empresas , [S. l.], v. 62, n. 6, p. e2021–0392, 2022. DOI: 10.1590/S0034-759020220607. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/86712. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.
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