Paradoxical leadership emphasises the ability to manage complex tensions and contradictory situations rather than trying to eliminate them. It can encourage employees to think out of the box and contribute innovative ideas. This study presents a bibliometric analysis to map the intellectual structure of the field, identify research trends and highlight gaps for future research studies. The aim of the study is to explore the development of scholarly discourse and emerging research patterns linking paradoxical leadership, self-efficacy, ambidexterity and innovative work behaviour. This study has been conducted through the Bibliometrix package of R software by reviewing articles between 2005 and 2025, sourced from the Scopus database. The findings of the analysis include co-authorship networks, citation analysis and thematic evolution. The study identifies the influential authors, journals, and offering a valuable foundation for future empirical exploration. By employing bibliometric techniques, this study helps in understanding the academic impact of individual researchers, the number of publications and citations, articles, books and journals. The primary contribution of this paper is its systematic, in-depth and unbiased analysis of existing literature, providing researchers and scholars with a valuable foundation and direction for future inquiry within the broader domain of organisational studies and employee behaviour.