Contrasting perspectives on strategic leaders: Toward a more realistic view of top managers
回顾并批评了研究高层管理者的两种主流方法（积极代理理论和战略领导力理论），指出其局限性，并提出人格理论、变革型领导理论和愿景领导理论可提供更现实的视角，为未来研究指明方向。
Previous empirical studies of top managers tend to draw from either positive agency theory or strategic leadership theory. This manuscript reviews and critiques these two approaches, outlining their advantages and inherent limitations. Because each is inherently limited, we suggest that developments in personality theory, transformational leadership theory, and visionary leadership theory can contribute to a more realistic view of top managers. Consequently, we contrast these three alternative perspectives with the two more dominant approaches in this manuscript. As a result, we identify future research directions for scholars interested in studying strategic leadership.