Colleagues,
Please find below the third issue of LQ 2026.
Also note 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
Using customized, conversational AI agents in leadership and management research: Benefits, practical illustrations, and best practices
Marc Becker, David de Jong, Roman Briker, Kars Mennens, Jonas Heller, Dominik Mahr, Dhruv Grewal
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101952
Research questions matter: A five-criterion framework for centering decisions in congruence research
Yongheng Angus Yao, Guangrui Guo, Houji Yao
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101953
Special Section on Qualitative Methods in Leadership Research:
Toward Counterfactual Designs and Open Science
Corpus linguistics for leadership studies: Bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide
Gerlinde Mautner, Andrea Whittle, Mathew Gillings
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101961
Measuring CEO responsible leadership: Development and validation of a linguistic-based instrument
Laura Kirsch, Wim Gijselaers, Boris Lokshin, Ann Vanstraelen
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2026.101963
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