Thank you to all those who voted for the best paper award. A subcommittee of editors used various metrics and expert judgment to select a short list of five papers for the board to rank. We are proud of all five papers; and all five papers are worthy finalists. However, we have to identify an overall winner who will receive a prize from the Center of Creative Leadership.
Based on the votes of the entire editorial board and editorial team, I am pleased to announce that the winner for the 2019 Best Paper Award is
Alvesson, M., & Einola, K. (2019). Warning for excessive positivity: Authentic leadership and other traps in leadership studies. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(4), 383-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.04.001
First runner up is
Bastardoz, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2019). The nature of followership: Evolutionary analysis and review. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.09.004
Second runner up is
Chen, J., & Houser, D. (2019). When are women willing to lead? The effect of team gender composition and gendered tasks. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(6), 101340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101340
The following two papers listed alphabetically rounded out the top five
Bechtoldt, M. N., Bannier, C. E., & Rock, B. (2018). The glass cliff myth? – Evidence from Germany and the U.K. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(3), 273–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.11.004
Yang, P., Riepe, J., Moser, K., Pull, K., & Terjesen, S. (2019). Women Directors, Firm Performance, and Firm Risk: A Causal Perspective. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(5), 101297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.05.004