Effect of crises on charisma signaling: A regression discontinuity design

Bastardoz, Nicolas; Jacquart, Philippe; Antonakis, John

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101590

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“…Our study has at least three practical implications. Firstly, our study stresses the power of CLTs (Bastardoz et al, 2022;Ernst et al, 2021;Fest et al, 2021;Meslec et al, 2020). We strongly recommend to train leaders in CLTs so that they appear more charismatic, prototypical, and effective.…”

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confidence: 80%

Are we on the same page? The moderating role of value congruence in the charisma signal-charismatic effects relationship

Wilms¹,

Dahan²

2022

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The self-concept and signaling theories of charisma posit that charismatic signals do not universally affect all followers, but only those who have (partially) congruent values with their leaders. This represents a central assumption in charisma theory and our study tests it–to the best of our knowledge–for the first time. We investigate the effect of leader charisma on follower perceived leader charisma, prototypicality, and effectiveness and whether leader-follower value congruence moderates these relationships. In this pre-registered experiment, we manipulated leader charisma, using video recorded speeches (charismatic vs. neutral) about a foodbank and measured value congruence via questionnaire (i.e., altruism and helping others attitude; the higher the scores imply stronger value congruence with the leader’s mission (i.e., the food bank)). Our pre-registered study showed that charismatic signaling fosters perceived leader charisma, prototypicality, and effectiveness. Helping others attitudes moderated the relationship for perceived leader charisma and effectiveness, but not for prototypicality. Altruism did not moderate any of the relationship. Theoretical and practical implications, and limitations are discussed.

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Section: Practical Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Are we on the same page? The moderating role of value congruence in the charisma signal-charismatic effects relationship

Wilms¹,

Dahan²

2022

Preprint

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“…A before-and-after textual analysis of the rhetoric used by Ukrainian leadership showed that with “the start of conflict with Russia in March 2014, there was a 6% increase in nationalist rhetoric couched in political issues” (Kasianenko, 2021, p. 120). Content analysis of speeches by French President François Holland before and after terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice during 2015–16 also found that President Holland increased his use of charismatic rhetoric (Bastardoz et al, 2022).…”

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“…In analyses of financial and terrorism crises, Olsson and co-authors concluded that Norwegian leaders used rhetorical frames that included “cultural congruence” with the country’s values (Olsson et al, 2015) and “morality” (Nord & Olsson, 2013). Analyses of terrorist attacks in the United States and France led Bastardoz et al (2022, p. 16) to conclude that crisis leaders “have the latitude to focus on a common enemy … by communicating values that differentiate the good and the bad” and, in doing so, “champion the collective and show that they share their followers’ feelings.” In particular, an individual-level analysis of MFT and foreign policy attitudes showed that “moral frames may be one technique decision makers can employ to mobilize support for their desired foreign policy options” (Kertzer et al, 2014, p. 838). Consistent with these conclusions, we propose five hypotheses that are gleaned from our discussion of the geo-political context of the three case studies and informed by the scholarship on crisis leadership and the logic of MFT.…”

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Crisis Leadership and Moral Rhetoric After a Foreign Attack on the Homeland: Zelenskyy, Bush, and Churchill

Murray,

Sandlin,

Tatalovich

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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What kind of moral rhetoric do national leaders use after their homelands are attacked by foreign forces? Informed by crisis leadership literature, this study uses Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) to examine the rhetoric of three leaders of nations before and after attacks by foreign forces: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the 2022 Russian invasion, U.S. President Bush and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and British Prime Minister Churchill and the 1940–41 German bombing campaign. The word-based automated content analysis shows that following the attacks the leaders substantially shifted their moral rhetoric. They also employed similar moral rhetoric, mainly by using Harm rhetoric, presumably to condemn the destruction and loss of life suffered by their nations. All three also emphasized Loyalty rhetoric, presumably as a call to nationalism, and Authority rhetoric, presumably to rally followership. Otherwise, they gave little attention to Degradation rhetoric, which presumably would demonize the enemy. This study is one of very few to evaluate political elite rhetoric during crises. It is also one of a small number to assess political elite rhetoric through the lens of MFT. It demonstrates that MFT can be a useful tool for understanding political elite rhetoric and crisis management across heterogeneous contexts.

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“…Liden and Antonakis (2009) argue that the situations often shape the leadership traits and define the approach of the leaders to tackle such crises. Thus, to explain the role of leaders during the crises such as pandemics resulting from the COVID-19 mandate the crisis leadership (Wu et al 2021;Bastardoz et al 2022). The growing body of rich literature on the impact of crisis leaders on tackling such situations is "…characterized by a high degree of fragmentation, considerably hindering the generation of parsimonious theory and practically useful insights" (Schaedler et al 2021, p. 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

Unleashing the potential of digital technologies in emergency supply chain: the moderating effect of crisis leadership

Dubey

2022

IMDS

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PurposeThe stakeholders are now demanding more visibility and role clarity in the emergency supply chain to improve collaborative efforts. Using a contingent resource-based view (C-RBV), the author studies crisis leadership as a complementary organizational resource for the successful adoption of digital technologies (DTs) in the emergency supply chain. The author further examined the relationships between DTs on information visibility and collaboration under the moderating effects of crisis leadership.Design/methodology/approachThe author gathered data from 117 NGOs in India using a multi-informant questionnaire. The author further tested the research hypotheses using variance-based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsDTs under the interaction effect of crisis leadership have a significant influence on the information visibility and the collaboration in the humanitarian context. The findings of the study extend the C-RBVs to create a better understanding of applications of DTs in alleviating human suffering due to crises.Practical implicationsThe author provides some direction to the managers engaged in the humanitarian supply chain, contemplating using emerging technologies to enhance information visibility and collaboration.Originality/valueThe current study offers some useful implications for theory. The study findings suggest that the DTs under the moderating effect of the crisis leadership significantly improve the information visibility and the collaboration among the emergency supply chain relief workers. These findings contribute to the C-RBV literature by expanding the scope of the theory. To date, the C-RBV is yet to be explored in humanitarian or emergency settings. Further, the study empirically tests the moderating role of crisis leadership which is touted to be the game-changer, particularly in crises or emergencies.

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Effect of crises on charisma signaling: A regression discontinuity design

Cited by 11 publications

References 114 publications

Are we on the same page? The moderating role of value congruence in the charisma signal-charismatic effects relationship

Are we on the same page? The moderating role of value congruence in the charisma signal-charismatic effects relationship

Crisis Leadership and Moral Rhetoric After a Foreign Attack on the Homeland: Zelenskyy, Bush, and Churchill

Unleashing the potential of digital technologies in emergency supply chain: the moderating effect of crisis leadership

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