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A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was performed in order to deepen leadership\u2019s relationship with Quality Management (QM) from an evolutionary perspective. An exploratory survey was then conducted to assess quality managers\u2019 perceptions of sustainability\u2019s integration into QMS and their leadership styles, using the 5X Short Leader Form MLQ instrument. The results indicate that leadership is a critical element of QMS performance, enhancing transformational leadership, which appears to be the dominant self-perceived style of the quality managers who participated. Nevertheless, these practitioners recognise the difficulties in committing all employees to the sustainability journey. The theoretical and managerial implications give rise to this work. The SLR results could be a useful database to support future QM and Leadership research. The organisations could follow the suggested pathway to evolve their QMS to support solutions to some of the current challenges. 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