Leadership Quarterly

Leadership Quarterly
Title	Leadership Quarterly
Discipline	Organizational behavior; Management; Psychology
Abbreviation	Lead. Q.
Publisher	Elsevier
Country	Netherlands
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1990–present
Impact	7.1
Issn	1048-9843

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Leadership Quarterly is a peer‑reviewed academic journal established in 1990 that publishes empirical and theoretical research on leadership phenomena. It serves scholars and practitioners affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and London School of Economics. The journal attracts contributions from researchers connected to organizations including Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, European Group for Organizational Studies, and International Leadership Association.

History

The journal was founded amid debates at venues such as Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, American Psychological Association Convention, British Psychological Society conferences and workshops at Columbia University and Yale University. Early editorial leadership drew on scholars who had associations with University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University, Cornell University, University of Minnesota, and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Its development paralleled shifts highlighted in works from Max Weber, James MacGregor Burns, Bernard Bass, Hannah Arendt, and debates among contributors from Warren Bennis circles, Peter Drucker commentaries, and cross‑disciplinary projects funded by bodies such as the National Science Foundation and Economic and Social Research Council.

The journal emphasizes research spanning social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, strategic management, political science, sociology, anthropology, and communications studies with applications to sectors represented by United Nations, World Bank, European Commission, NATO, and major corporations like General Electric, Microsoft, and Toyota. Authors commonly cite classics and contemporary theorists including Kurt Lewin, Douglas McGregor, Edgar Schein, Chris Argyris, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Gary Yukl, Ronald Heifetz, Marshall Ganz, Adam Grant, Amy Edmondson, Daniel Kahneman, Philip Zimbardo, and Robert Cialdini. Methodological diversity includes quantitative work using datasets from General Social Survey, World Values Survey, and European Social Survey, qualitative fieldwork in organizations like Google and IBM, meta‑analyses referencing Cochrane Collaboration standards, and experimental studies in labs linked to MIT and Princeton University.

Published by Elsevier on a quarterly basis, the journal operates within the publishing ecosystem alongside titles such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology. Access is provided via institutional subscriptions at libraries like British Library, Library of Congress, Bodleian Library, and university repositories at University of California, University of Toronto, University of Melbourne, and National University of Singapore. Authors navigate policies influenced by mandates from funders including Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, and National Institutes of Health when choosing green or gold open access options.

The journal is indexed in major services such as Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, EconLit, Social Sciences Citation Index, and ProQuest. It is included in citation databases used by evaluators at Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, and national research assessment exercises like the Research Excellence Framework. Abstracting coverage facilitates discoverability alongside articles in ScienceDirect, JSTOR, and disciplinary aggregators used by institutions including Max Planck Society and CNRS.

The journal has been influential in shaping scholarship referenced by awardees of the Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship, Fulbright Program, and recipients of the Academy of Management Best Paper Award. Citation metrics place it among leading outlets cited by scholars at Harvard Business School, Wharton School, INSEAD, Sloan School of Management, and Kellogg School of Management. Debates published in the journal have intersected with policy discussions at World Economic Forum meetings, testimony before bodies like the United States Congress, and coverage in media outlets such as The New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times, and BBC News.

Noteworthy contributions include empirical studies and theoretical pieces that engage with work by Bernard Bass, James MacGregor Burns, Max Weber, Edgar Schein, Ronald Heifetz, and contemporary authors like Amy C. Edmondson and Adam Grant. Special issues have focused on themes connected to crises examined in contexts like the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, Arab Spring, and organizational transformations in firms such as General Motors and Amazon (company). Guest editors have been drawn from institutions including INSEAD, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Northwestern University, and University of Southern California.

The editorial board comprises scholars affiliated with universities and organizations such as University of Oxford, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Michigan, London Business School, IE Business School, HEC Paris, and research centers like Center for Creative Leadership. Peer review is organized as double‑blind or single‑blind processes, relying on reviewers from networks including Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and regional associations such as European Academy of Management and Asia Academy of Management. Editorial policies reflect ethical standards promoted by bodies like the Committee on Publication Ethics and citation practices recognized by ORCID and CrossRef.

Category:Academic journals Category:Leadership studies Category:Organizational behavior