Citation
Werbel, J. (2006), "Introduction", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 21 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp.2006.05021daa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Introduction
This special issue of self-leadership emerged quickly when I assumed the role as Editor of JMP. I was casting about for special topics, contacting people, and Chris Neck came up with this topic. We agreed that the papers would not go through the normal review process and be subject to my reviews only. In spite of this modification of the review process, I am very pleased with this group of manuscripts on self-leadership. The authors took my comments seriously and significant changes were made to most manuscripts.
As described by Neck and Houghton in this issue, self-leadership is a normative or prescriptive model of empowering employees. There is no single psychological theory that accounts for the way it operates. The manuscripts in this issue are intended to create some new excitement regarding self-leadership research, and it is my hope that this special issue will do that. The articles in this issue are filled with propositions that should encourage researchers to pursue this topic in more depth. They cover a breadth of literature such as self-regulation and creativity. Hopefully scale development processes are highlighted that will urge others to follow this research agenda.
In sum, I would like to thank Chris Neck for putting together a team of outstanding scholars for this special issue. Efforts like this help to advance the field.
James Werbel