Liderazgo: Definiciones y estilos

Abstract

The purpose of this bibliographic review article is to identify the most relevant definitions and leadership styles, published in scientific journals between 2010 and 2020. This research was carried out by extracting articles from indexed journals from the database such as: Scopus, Sciencedirect, Springer, using the keywords: leadership styles, leadership, characteristics of leaders, definitions of leadership and definition of leadership styles. A documentary analysis of 30 of these articles was carried out, which yielded highly relevant information with which the written document was prepared. It was found that throughout history different definitions of leadership and leadership styles have emerged and that there is currently a tendency of organizations towards the search for ideal leadership, which is appropriate to the cultural and demographic setting and environment, taking into account it has certain general peculiarities in the leadership actors. We also identify that the authors have modified and adapted these leadership concepts and leadership styles, with which it is concluded that knowing these theoretical concepts allows leaders to perform better in a practical and successful way in the development of different roles in world contexts. Organizational worldwide.allows leaders a better practical and successful development within the different movements and contexts within the organizational world worldwide.