Relational Leadership: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Year 2026, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 126 - 145, 16.01.2026

Adnan Menderes Aydın

https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1605660

Abstract

Relational leadership research has been growing with great potential in recent years. The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the scholarly publications on relational leadership, drawing on 277 articles published between 2000 and 2023. The results found that the relational leadership research focused on five major categories. Notably, 59% of the studies had been published in the past six years. The analysis revealed that 21% of the articles were conceptual, 68% were empirical, and 11% were research reviews. The analysis also showed that long-term qualitative studies should be increased. The analysis identified that authors from the USA take the lead. However, it was seen that there were no authors in regions such as North and West Asia, North Africa, and South America. All in all, this review draws a framework for the existing literature and provides a future research agenda.

Keywords

Relational leadership , Leadership , Relational leader , Systematic review , Literature review

Ethical Statement

During the writing process of the study titled “Relational Leadership: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda” scientific rules, and ethical and citation rules were respected. This study was not submitted to any other academic publication platform for evaluation. This study did not require an ethics committee approval required for the research.

İlişkisel Liderlik: Bir Sistematik Derleme Çalışması

Abstract

İlişkisel liderlik araştırmaları son yıllarda büyük bir potansiyel ile büyümektedir. Bu sistematik derlemenin amacı, 2000-2023 yılları arasında yayımlanan 277 makaleden yola çıkarak ilişkisel liderlik üzerine yapılan bilimsel yayınlara genel bir bakış sunmaktır. Sonuçlar, ilişkisel liderlik araştırmalarının beş ana kategoriye odaklandığını ortaya koymuştur. İlişkisel liderlikle ilgili çalışmaların %59'u son altı yıl içinde yayımlanmıştır. Analiz, makalelerin %21'inin kuramsal, %68'inin ampirik ve %11'inin araştırma incelemesi olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Analiz ayrıca süreç alan nitel çalışmaların artırılması gerektiğini göstermiştir. Sonuçlar, alana en fazla katkının ABD’li araştırmacılar tarafından yapıldığını göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte, Kuzey ve Batı Asya, Kuzey Afrika ve Güney Amerika gibi bölgelerden hiçbir yazarın bu alanda yayımlanmış çalışması bulunmamaktadır. Sonuç olarak, bu sistemik derleme çalışması mevcut literatür için bir çerçeve çizmekte ve geleceğe yönelik bir araştırma gündemi sunmaktadır.

Keywords

İlişkisel liderlik , Liderlik , İlişkisel lider , Sistematik derleme , Literatür taraması

Ethical Statement

“İlişkisel Liderlik: Bir Sistematik Derleme Çalışması” başlıklı çalışmanın yazım sürecinde bilimsel kurallara, etik ve alıntı kurallarına uyulmuş; toplanan veriler üzerinde herhangi bir tahrifat yapılmamış ve bu çalışma herhangi başka bir akademik yayın ortamına değerlendirme için gönderilmemiştir. Bu araştırmada sistematik derleme yöntemi kullanıldığından dolayı etik kurul kararı zorunluluğu bulunmamaktadır.

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