The EA professoriate is also composed of modes of translation (translating research
findings into practical, applied knowledge in leadership development programs and
consultancy work). Some of the EA authors in this study have won awards, either for
distinguished teaching or extra-ordinary contributions to research in the field. It must
be acknowledged that much more empirical work is done in the field today compared
to the times of Donald Willower (1983), who lamented the lack of a strong empirical
orientation in the field.