Abstract One of the biggest challenges facing leaders is the need to empower them to adapt in the face of dynamic and turbulent environments. Research results indicate that individuals with a more developed leadership identity have greater potential for growth and success. However, in practice, in organizations, the process of developing leaders is generally focused solely on developing personal skills and competencies, and the development of the leader's identity is often neglected. On the other hand, the critical realism paradigm claims that by Multi-level Analysis of Reality, it reveals the underlying and hidden parts of phenomena and enables a deeper understanding of them. Therefore, the present study aimed to provide a framework for developing leadership identity based on the critical realism approach. The research strategy was meta-synthesis and the data collection tools were documents. The research findings led to the identification of 19 concepts and 4 themes for the development of leadership identity. The analysis of literature showed that "mechanisms and tools for developing leadership identity" in the context of "environment affecting the development of leadership identity" and under the influence of "other conditions" lead to "consequences" that It will develop leadership identity.

Abstract Paradoxes are one of the inevitable phenomena in organizational life that are manifested in the form of decision-making dilemmas. Managers experience paradoxical tensions in different situations and should be able to provide appropriate responses to resolve such tensions. One of these situations is the paradoxical tension of exclusive-inclusive talent management. The present study was conducted to discover the strategies for managing this tension. This research is practical in terms of purpose and is qualitative in terms of data collection method. The population was research and executive managers at different levels of the Information and Communication Technology Research Institute, and 28 of whom were selected using the snowball sampling. The data collection tool in this study was semi-structured interviews. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using the theme analysis method. The results showed that "the modifying factors of tensions" including "organizational justice", "the nature of interpersonal relationships" and "access to resources" will affect the formation of tension. In addition, two active responses including "acceptance" and "equilibrium and integration" as well as three inactive responses including "suppression", "separation" and "projection" were identified as tension management strategies.