Considering Context in Psychologica

Considering Context in Psychological Leadership Research
Although the context has been acknowledged as salient to leadership for decades,
only in recent years has empirical research given the context widespread attention. This
special issue is devoted to the continuation and extension of this interest in organizational
studies utilizing a multi-theoretical lens that includes leadership psychology and more
discursive, social constructionist approaches to leadership. Because the two approaches
represent such divergent ways of examining the context, this special issue is introduced
with two separate introductory articles. This article concerns itself with leadership
psychology and related approaches.