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Responsible Leadership: Pathways to the Future

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This article maps current thinking in the emerging field of responsible leadership. Various environmental and social forces have triggered interest in both research and practices of responsible leadership. This article outlines the main features of the relevant research, specifies a definition of the concept, and compares this emergent understanding of responsible leadership with related leadership theories. Finally, an overview of different articles in this special issue sketches some pathways for ongoing research.

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  1. Department of Social Science, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Av. Torreblanca, 59, 08172, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

    Nicola M. Pless

  2. Department of People Management & Organization, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Av. Torreblanca, 59, 08172, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

    Thomas Maak

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Pless, N.M., Maak, T. (2011). Responsible Leadership: Pathways to the Future. In: Pless, N.M., Maak, T. (eds) Responsible Leadership. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3995-6_2

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