... of leadership, attribution theory, implicit leadership theory and leadership categorisation theory. AI is used as an analytic lens to surface the interpretive processes through which leadership is inferred, legitimised and stabilised. The analysis culminates in a tentative model of post-human leadership...

... implementing change. Originality/value The main contribution of this paper is to expand implicit leadership theory by applying it to a specific leadership context, that of organizational change, and to derive an ICLT. Jowett F. Magsaysay is the corresponding authour and can be contacted...

...). From the perspective of implicit leadership theory, the romance of leadership refers to the expectation that the leader can and should control organizational outcomes. People use leadership as a cognitive schema to understand why an organization is successful. From this perspective, we can assume...

...Thomas W. Nichols; Rod Erakovich Purpose This empirical study aims to consider the stability and connection of implicit leadership theories to authentic leadership using performance feedback as a first step in a larger research agenda. Design/methodology/approach Scenarios were created...