Strategic leader reputation: a review and research agenda

Kamp L, Graf-Vlachy L (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Management Review Quarterly Springer Verlag

Book Volume: 75

Pages Range: 3521-3553

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1007/s11301-024-00470-9

Abstract

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.

Involved external institutions

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität Dortmund DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Kamp, L., & Graf-Vlachy, L. (2025). Strategic leader reputation: a review and research agenda. Management Review Quarterly, 75(4), 3521-3553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-024-00470-9

MLA:

Kamp, Lena, and Lorenz Graf-Vlachy. "Strategic leader reputation: a review and research agenda." Management Review Quarterly 75.4 (2025): 3521-3553.

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