A Research Review of Leadership Styles

Abstract

This article's review and analysis of 90 articles about leadership styles published in 21 leadership journals between 2016 and 2022 demonstrate the relevant contributions of individual academics and institutes to research leadership styles. This study provides an integrated and comprehensive review of 90 publications on leadership styles published during five years (2016–2022), the articles, the categories mentioned as well as the methodologies used were analyzed in detail extending the topic in many ways. Firstly, the authors conducted content analysis on the articles in order to offer topic classification (main and subcategories). Secondly, the authors searched for publications by year and analyzed methodology, sector, and location. Finally, in order to highlight the most recent trend of research leadership styles over the mentioned time, this study includes certain key facts such as the number of papers published in each journal and year. In the end, this analysis illustrates where the literature has been and where it should go in the future.