Leadership talent development has been identified as a priority in national and state standards for gifted education. However, leadership programs in schools are not always supported by mandates or funding in individual states and implementation is not always feasible within the constraints of local gifted service models. Although some research has been devoted to leadership for gifted and high-ability adolescents and emerging adults, a limited number of studies on the identification, measurement, and development of leadership talent have been conducted. This systematic review of literature examined existing research on leadership talent development for adolescents and emerging adults. A database search identified 38 quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies that were screened, summarized, and synthesized for discussion. The review highlighted research contexts, definitions of leadership, and themes that captured the recommendations researchers made across studies. Implications for developing leadership talent and suggestions for future research are discussed.

领导人才的培养已被确定为国家和州资优教育标准中的优先事项。但是，学校的领导力计划并不总是得到各个州的授权或资金支持，在当地的优才服务模式的约束下，实施也不总是可行的。尽管针对天才，高能力的青少年和新兴成年人的领导力进行了一些研究，但有关领导力人才的识别，衡量和发展的研究却很少。这篇系统的文献综述考察了有关青少年和新兴成年人的领导才能发展的现有研究。数据库搜索确定了38种定量，定性和混合方法研究，这些研究经过筛选，总结和综合以供讨论。审查重点介绍了研究背景，领导力的定义以及主题，这些主题涵盖了研究人员在整个研究中提出的建议。讨论了培养领导才能的意义和对未来研究的建议。