University of Divinity

Deconstructing the Social Construction of Leadership: Disentangling Constructivism, Constructionism, Co-Construction, Critical Constructionism, and Other Constructions of Leadership

The phrase “leadership is socially constructed” is widely invoked but rarely clarified, creating conceptual ambiguity in leadership research. This paper disentangles the theoretical roots of constructionist thought in leadership studies by distinguishing four core traditions, con...