The romance of leadership revisited : charisma, prototypes and crisis resolution /
The trait-based approach to the study of leadership has been revived in recent years by studies on transformational and, more specifically, charismatic leaders. Despite the fervor over the almost mythical effect charismatic leaders are posited to have on others, some evidence suggests that it is pe...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The trait-based approach to the study of leadership has been revived in recent years by studies on transformational and, more specifically, charismatic leaders. Despite the fervor over the almost mythical effect charismatic leaders are posited to have on others, some evidence suggests that it is perhaps the (often inaccurate) perceptions of others that afford these leaders their powers and not a leader's own special skills and abilities. Crisis resolution along with individual- and group-level leader prototype match were proposed as three factors that could moderate and mediate the relation between leader charisma and perceptions of that leader's effectiveness. A laboratory study, using student participants who viewed a videotape of a leader interacting with a small group of coworkers, was used to test a series of seven hypotheses. The degree to which a leader matched a participant's individual- and group-level leader prototype was found to substantially mediate the relation between leader charisma and participants' ratings leader effectiveness. When a crisis encountered by the videotaped group was resolved in a positive rather than negative manner, the leader was rated as more effective, charismatic, and leader-like on a number of traits and characteristics. Crisis resolution was not found to be a moderator of the charisma-effectiveness relation, however. Finally, a moderated mediation hypothesis was not supported. The implications of the findings, including a call for the study of a more follower-centered approach to leadership, are provided. The suggestion is made that the "romantic" notions regarding charismatic leadership may be dubious at best. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | viii, 72 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-68). |