The typical leadership study: Assumptions, implications, and potential remedies

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A mixed-methods study of CEO transformational leadership and firm performance (2020, background): “Some critics of leadership research practices have also questioned the common use of subjective leadership assessments obtained from followers using questionnaires (Hunter et al., 2007).”
Destructive Leadership: A Critique of Leader-Centric Perspectives and Toward a More Holistic Definition (2016, background): “Feature 3: Dynamic Time Frame Despite the reality that leadership processes are dynamic and unfold over time, most leadership studies assume that observed relationships are not time-contingent (Hunter et al. 2007).”
How leadership matters: The effects of leaders' alignment on strategy implementation (2010, unknown): “Second, and perhaps of more consequence, using subordinates' ratings of formal leaders assumes that subordinates actually have seen the actions taken by the leader and the items being used to assess leadership are relevant to the situation and familiar to the subordinates (Hunter et al., 2007).”