SHOW UP & BE SEEN: A STUDY TOWARDS QUANTUM LEADERSHIP IN QUANTUM ERA

Abstract

Context: The study reports an overview on the consciousness towards quantum leadership in
quantum era and explored the consciousness of this new paradigm leadership style in
Malaysia, a developing country in South East Asia.
Objective: To draw attention towards quantum leadership examining the paradigm of
quantum leadership in organizations through literature review and preliminary study of
quantum leadership in Malaysia context.
Data sources: Searching is done through major databases like SCOPUS, Web of Science,
ProQuest, Dimension.ai, Science Direct, ERIC, Ebscohost, Google Scholar, and DOAJ.
Study selection: Any related articles which consist of quantum leadership and quantum leader
in the organization or corporate perspective by the authors using search string in the
databases.
Methodology: A qualitative research approach is conducted in the preliminary study to attain
an overview of quantum leadership style in organizations.
Findings: Quantum leadership is a novel leadership approach for the business organizations to
cope with the global challenges. Feedback from the respondents added that being adaptive
and flexible are some of the qualities presumed in a quantum leader within a complex
environment.
Limitation: There is scant research study on quantum leadership in Malaysia context and
limitation keeping up with new knowledge to influence the trajectory of change in industry.
Conclusions & Recommendation: Organizations management will see many parallels
between the science and systems while future exploration may consider whether quantum leadership have a huge relationship with much of the characteristics like genuineness,
uprightness, and moral practices in organizations.