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Drawing upon the leadership identity construction theory and role identity theory, we theoretically developed and empirically tested a serial mediation model. It examines how distributed leadership promotes employees\u2019 leadership emergence via individual empowerment role identity and enacted leader identity. Using a three-wave field survey from 496 subordinate\u2013supervisor dyads (82 supervisors and 496 employees) in China, we found that empowerment role identity and enacted leader identity serially mediate the association between distributed leadership and employees\u2019 leadership emergence. The results demonstrate the leadership identity construction process of employees\u2019 leadership emergence under distributed leadership. 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