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For this Application Assignment, write an 8-page essay (not including cover page or references) that captures relevant theories and empirical research leading to a significant synthesis and analysis of Week 4 annotations (you may also include any other annotations that are relevant from Weeks 1 and 2)

Within your essay you should seek to categorize, synthesize, and analyze a theme (or themes) in the reviewed literature around the topic of leadership.

The following elements should be present:

• Adhere to APA format (6th edition), which requires a title page, an abstract, a reference list, and appropriate sections and their headings.
• Describe the research methods employed in the reviewed empirical studies and critically evaluate these methods in terms of purpose(s), utility and validity of findings generated, and possible alternatives.
• Describe the contributions of this research to the issues discussed and critically evaluates these contributions. If possible identify gaps in the literature on this topic within leaders, influence, and power.