Charting the Scopus data: a brief bibliometric study of authentic leadership in business, management, and accounting scholarship

Authentic leadership is a leadership style that emphasizes being true to oneself, demonstrating integrity, and building positive relationships with followers. The leaders basically act in a genuine and transparent way, allowing their true values, beliefs, and strengths to guide their actions. The research is emerging tremendously, with numerous studies exploring various aspects of authentic leadership, especially in business and management scholarship. This study aims to analyze the publications on authentic leadership in business, management, and accounting scholarship using bibliometric analysis techniques stemming from the Scopus database. We are presenting a brief analysis of Scopus data focusing on articles in English with business, management, and accounting as subject areas. This hopefully will provide an insight into the trend of publications, the most prolific journals and authors, research country, and affiliation distribution for this specific area of scholarship.