Change leadership in the 21st century

The purpose of this paper is to examine the field of change leadership at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The meta-framework presented in this study is a review of the field of change leadership over a 16-year period. The authors reviewed hundreds of peer-reviewed refereed journal articles and books.

The authors identify the key themes in the study of change leadership through the lens of content and process frames of reference.

The authors identify how these new perspectives of change leadership change the way we think about/approach the field of change leadership.