A meta-analytic review and future research agenda of charismatic leadership

Banks, George C.; Engemann, Krista N.; Williams, Courtney E.; Gooty, Janaki; McCauley, Kelly Davis; Medaugh, Melissa

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.12.003

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“…Second, the present research examines a limited number of dependent variables. are likely to be parallel to the ones we observe here not least because evidence indicates that identity leadership (van Dick et al, 2018) and charisma (Banks et al, 2017) are positively associated with employee motivation and performance. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to examine how leader pay affects company performance by shaping not only followers' motivation and willingness to make an effort for the leader but also leaders' own motivation and effort, as well as their effects on organizational performance.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchsupporting

confidence: 70%

Identity economics meets identity leadership: Exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay

Steffens

Haslam

Peters

et al. 2020

The Leadership Quarterly

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Economists have recently proposed a theory of identity economics in which behavior is understood to be shaped by motivations associated with identities that people share with others. At the same time psychologists have proposed a theory of identity leadership in which leaders' influence flows from their creation and promotion of shared identity with followers. Exploring links between these approaches, we examine the impact of very high leader pay on followers' identification with leaders and perceptions of their leadership. Whereas traditional approaches suggest that high pay incentivizes leadership, identity-based approaches argue that it can undermine shared identity between leaders and followers and therefore be counterproductive. Supporting this identity approach, two studies provide experimental and field evidence that people identify less strongly with a CEO who receives high pay relative to other CEOs and that this reduces that leader's perceived identity leadership and charisma. The implications for leadership, economics, and organizations are discussed.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchsupporting

confidence: 70%

Identity economics meets identity leadership: Exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay

Steffens

Haslam

Peters

et al. 2020

The Leadership Quarterly

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“…Fourth, in responding to the call by Banks et al (2017) to further explore personality antecedents to charisma and its outcomes, we found that charisma appears to be a mechanism through which narcissism affects perceptions of leader performance. It appears that it is the adaptive narcissistic personality with the self-confidence, dominance, and grand visions that are likely to be associated with perceptions of charisma and predict positive evaluations of effectiveness.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Finally, Banks et al (2017) emphasized the importance of conducting systematic research on antecedents and outcomes of charismatic leadership including the role of personality traits. We, therefore, examine the effects of perceptions of narcissism (adaptive and maladaptive) and charisma on perceived performance to understand the process through which narcissism influences performance (Grijalva et al, 2015).…”

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Adaptive and maladaptive narcissism, charisma, and leadership performance: A study of perceptions about the presidential leadership of Donald Trump

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The current study examines the effects of perceptions of leader adaptive and maladaptive narcissism on ratings of charisma and presidential leadership performance for Donald Trump by registered voters. We present a model examining differing dimensions of narcissism, and their effects on attributed charisma and perceptions of leadership performance for Donald Trump. Structural equation modeling results reveal positive effects of adaptive narcissism on attributed charisma and leadership performance of Donald Trump; and negative effects of maladaptive narcissism on attributed charisma and leadership performance of Donald Trump. Perceived adaptive and maladaptive narcissism had indirect effects on leadership performance (through attributed charisma). The contributions made to the literature, implications of the findings, and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…In scholarly research devoted to understanding the effect of charismatic leadership on follower cognition and workplace behaviors, prior research has primarily indicated positive relationships between charismatic leadership and corporate performance [ 18 ], knowledge sharing [ 45 ], and innovative behavior [ 19 ]. Nevertheless, these studies primarily considered the heroic aspects of charismatic leadership, with less attention devoted to its harmful effects [ 14 , 18 ], which makes it challenging to obtain a clear picture of the implications of charismatic leadership. To bridge this gap, and in response to Eisenbeib and Boerner’s call for research exploring the dark side of charismatic leadership [ 46 ], we believe that UPB in this context indicates a critical negative side-effect.…”

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“…Charismatic leadership is regarded as a dominant style of leadership in enterprises as a result of its signal values-based, symbolic, and emotion-laden style. Charismatic leadership is known to cope with cognitive and emotional challenges to produce positive outcomes in the workplace [14]. Fragouli (2018) proposed that the bright side of charismatic leadership can be eclipsed by its dark side, which causes detriment to the company [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Heroes or Villains? The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership and Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior

Zhang

Liang

Tian

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Although prior research has emphasized the disproportional contributions to organizations of charismatic leadership, an emerging line of research has started to examine the potentially negative consequences. In this paper, a theoretical framework was proposed for a study of unethical pro-organization behavior through psychological safety based on social information processing theory, which reveals the detrimental effect that charismatic leadership can have on workplace behavior. To explore this negative possibility, a time-lagged research design was applied for the hypotheses to be verified using 214 pieces of data collected from a service company in China. According to the results, unethical pro-organizational behavior was indirectly influenced by charismatic leadership through psychological safety. Moreover, when employees experienced high performance pressure, charismatic leadership was positively associated with unethical pro-organizational behavior through psychological safety. The implications of these findings were analyzed from the perspectives of charismatic leadership theory and organizational ethical activities to alter the unethical pro-organizational behavior.

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A meta-analytic review and future research agenda of charismatic leadership

Cited by 102 publications

References 109 publications

Identity economics meets identity leadership: Exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay

Identity economics meets identity leadership: Exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay

Adaptive and maladaptive narcissism, charisma, and leadership performance: A study of perceptions about the presidential leadership of Donald Trump

Heroes or Villains? The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership and Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior

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