**2.6 Exclusion criteria**

Due to its role as the principal source of empirical data, the journal (research papers) was the only genre of writing that received attention. The current study, therefore, does not include any systematic reviews, reviews, meta-analyses,

meta-syntheses, book series, novels, book chapters, or conference proceedings so the study excluded 572 papers in this stage. The review was restricted to leadership in the field of management. Due to their alignment with the review's goal, only studies on business management were chosen. 837 articles are currently eligible for evaluation.
