paper builds on prior leadership research to develop a theoretical framework of emergent leadership, a testable model, and … framework is developed to suggest these attributes combine to create perceptions of leadership fit that must correspond to the …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework to explain how leaders emerge in teams that …

-making authority to lower organizational levels positively affects employees' emergent leadership, but only to the extent that direct … supervisors engage in empowering leadership and guide employees' behaviors in decentralized structures. Our predictions are … leadership yields a positive effect on organizational performance. By developing a multilevel model that explicates both an …