This article discusses findings from a review of entrepreneurial leadership research, which was motivated by an identifiable lack of (i) systematic reviews of the literature and (ii) conceptual clarity in relation to the topic. Accordingly, the first part of the article presents a systematic review of the literature and discusses how the extant research pertains to entrepreneurship and leadership studies. Findings from the review are organized into 8 key themes, which overall highlights a problem of fragmentation and certain other tensions in the existing literature. Building on this, the second part of the article attempts to conceptually integrate the literature via the notion of ‘strategic interfaces’. The article thus argues in favour of understanding entrepreneurial leadership at the intersections of strategic actors whose roles and actions are consequential for organizations. Existing research on entrepreneurial leadership is discussed in terms of a framework for strategic interfaces, and future research opportunities are identified. Overall, this article contributes by comprehensively reviewing entrepreneurial leadership research that has been published in high-quality journals, outlining the conceptual contours of this body of work, and utilizing the notion of ‘strategic interfaces’ to conceptually integrate the literature and suggest ways forward for entrepreneurial leadership research.
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Entrepreneurial leadership at strategic interfaces: a review and suggestions for further research