Happy-NE-R leadership for companies in emerging economies

Raquel Ruiz-Rodríguez, Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado and Rafael Ravina-Ripoll

International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2025, vol. 9, issue 1, 35-62

Abstract: Business leaders in emerging economies want to create better workplaces. The first objective is to present a literature review on leadership in emerging economies. The second objective is to reflect on the most appropriate leadership styles for today's firms in emerging economies. A bibliometric analysis of the literature up to 2023 is developed. The results show that firms in emerging economies tend to consider the transformational leadership. And the main emerging themes are the perspective of corporate governance and effects such as innovation and sustainability. This paper is the first to propose a leadership style that combines three of the most current leadership styles, Happy, NEuro and Responsible leadership, called Happy-NE-R leadership. This new style can help leaders in emerging economies to manage their companies responsibly and improve the well-being of their people. Then, emerging economies can have better places to work and a happier and more satisfied workforce.

Keywords: leadership; emerging economies; BRICS; Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa; E7 group; happy leadership; neuroleadership; Happy-NE-R leadership. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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