Colleagues,
Please find below the second issue of LQ 2026. Please also check out our new call for papers for a special issue on leadership in practice led by Andy Loignon (Center for Creative Leadership), Paulo Arvate (Getúlio Vargas Foundation School of Business Administration of Sao Paulo, Tiffany Keller Hansbrough (Binghamton University) and Billy Obenauer (University of Maine).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327582/grounded-in-causality-elevating-evidence-for-leadership-practice
Articles
Commanding corporate narratives: How military-experienced leaders shape corporate communication
Emad Noureldeen, Karim Mahran, Ahmed A. Elamer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2025.101941
Special Section on Theory in leadership and management
Credible leadership signals
Robin Schimmelpfennig, Charles Efferson, Nicolas Bastardoz
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2025.101941
Special Section on The Leadership Quarterly Yearly Review (LQYR) for 2026
What explains, what works, and what we can claim: Seven cases of rigorous review research
Thomas Fischer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101951
Special Section on Qualitative Methods in Leadership Research: Toward Counterfactual Designs and Open Science
Defining, assessing, and reporting saturation in qualitative research: Review and recommendations
Ozias A. Moore, Herman Aguinis, Tanja R. Darden
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101950
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