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Strategic leader reputation: a review and research agenda

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  • Lena Kamp

    (University of Münster)

  • Lorenz Graf-Vlachy

    (TU Dortmund University
    ESCP Business School)

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Strategic leaders’ reputation plays a pivotal role in shaping organizations and their success. Numerous authors across disciplines have begun to study strategic leader reputation, leading to the results being scattered across different literatures. We perform a systematic literature review to synthesize the literature across the different academic subfields of business administration and economics. First, we establish a multidimensional definition of strategic leader reputation. Next, we structure and synthesize the relevant literature on three types of strategic leaders: CEOs, other top executives, and directors. We structured our study around three overarching themes: the antecedents of strategic leader reputation, the consequences of such reputation, and moderating effects. We present these themes in a coherent and comprehensive framework, accounting for different theoretical lenses, contexts, and empirical methods. We consequently contribute by providing a holistic perspective on strategic leader reputation in organizational research. Finally, we develop a comprehensive roadmap for future research, specifically highlighting measurement issues and the question of the stability of reputation.

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  • Lena Kamp & Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, 2025. "Strategic leader reputation: a review and research agenda," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 75(4), pages 3521-3553, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:manrev:v:75:y:2025:i:4:d:10.1007_s11301-024-00470-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11301-024-00470-9
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    • M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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