Neuroadaptive Leadership Transition Theory: A Multilevel Examination of Identity, Regulation and Systemic Legitimacy Among Latino Middle Managers in U.S. Corporate Contexts
Leadership transition remains one of the most consequential yet theoretically fragmented areas within contemporary leadership scholarship. Existing models explain role adaptation, developmental progression, and identity experimentation, but remain largely grounded in linear assumptions of adjustment and insufficiently address the adaptive regulatory processes through which leaders…