Considerable progress has been made in the field of leadership in recent years. However, we argue that this is undermined by a strong residual commitment to an older set of ideas which have been repeatedly debunked but which nevertheless resolutely refuse to die. These, we term . Zombie leadership lives on not because it has empirical support but because it flatters and appeals to elites, to the leadership industrial complex that supports them, and also to the anxieties of ordinary people in a world seemingly beyond their control. It is propagated in everyday discourse surrounding leadership but also by the media, popular books, consultants, HR practices, policy makers, and academics who are adept at catering to the tastes of the powerful and telling them what they like to hear. This review paper outlines eight core claims (axioms) of zombie leadership. As well as isolating the problematic metatheory which holds these ideas together, we reflect on ways in which they might finally be laid to rest.

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僵尸领导力：死气沉沉的想法仍然存在于我们中间


近年来，领导力领域取得了长足进步。然而，我们认为，这一点被对一套旧观念的强烈残余承诺所破坏，这些旧观念已被一再揭穿，但仍然坚决拒绝消亡。这些，我们称之为。僵尸领导力之所以存在，并不是因为它有经验支持，而是因为它迎合和吸引了精英、支持他们的领导产业综合体，以及在一个看似无法控制的世界中的普通人的焦虑。它不仅在围绕领导力的日常话语中传播，而且还通过媒体、流行书籍、顾问、人力资源实践、政策制定者和学者传播，他们善于迎合有权势者的口味，告诉他们他们喜欢听的话。这篇评论文章概述了僵尸领导力的八个核心主张（公理）。除了分离出将这些想法结合在一起的有问题的元理论之外，我们还反思了它们最终可能被安息的方式。