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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Charismatic leadership"”.
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The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership: A Social Exchange Perspective
… dissertation focuses on a possible dark side of charismatic leadership and its behavioral consequences from a social exchange perspective. By revealing the positive correlations between charismatic leadership and the Dark Triad personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, …
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The shadow of Muhammed : developing a charismatic leadership model for the Islamic world
… examines the question of whether the type of leadership exhibited by Osama bin Laden which led to the devastating attacks of September 11 was a singular phenomenon or an example of a recurring type in the Islamic world. This thesis proposes that a specific, recurring type of charismatic …
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Charismatic leadership of media businesses: a case study of leaders of two media businesses in the post-Soviet states of Russia and Kyrgyzstan (1991-2016)
… is focused on the concepts of charisma, media leadership and media entrepreneurship. The main argument is that Max Weber’s (1947) theory of charismatic authority is applicable to media business leaders in emerging economies. Charisma is a rare and transitory phenomenon (Yukl, 2013). This …
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The Role of Inherent Motivation as a Determinant of Leadership Style Preference
… inherent motivation plays in determining the leadership style preference of an individual was studied to identify a methodology to improve an organizational development practitioner’s ability to align leadership training with employee preferences in the for-profit business environment. A …
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TESTING CRIMINOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF HATE GROUPS
… and Weber's (1947) socio-political theory of charismatic leadership. Simulation modeling is designed to create a computer simulation that simplifies people and their interactions to mimic a real world event or phenomena. Three different experiments were tested using five models of hate group …
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The Imam's charisma: an analysis of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed's leadership
This dissertation examines the concept of charismatic leadership and authority during Imam Warith Deen Mohammed’s leadership of the Nation of Islam, beginning in 1975. It focuses primarily on his interpretation of Islam, with considerable implications for his status as one of the first prominent …
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The exploration of leadership styles on employees’ performance: a study of Premier Specialist Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
… results pointed to a lot of laissez-faire leadership tendencies. Thus, this serves as a breeding ground for poor innovation, decreased commitment, and poor team chemistry, which significantly affects employee performance, as observed through the study results. This suggests that the …
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Explaining the rise of Populism in Hungary since 2010: The analytic power of anti-establishment theory
… socio-cultural and socio-economic factors, charismatic leadership, liberal democracy's lack of mechanisms to prevent an outbreak of populism, and the effects of state capture. The anti-establishment theory can be more analytically robust by incorporating these omitted factors.
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Historical Study of the Highlander Method: Honing Leadership for Social Justice.
… into participant assessment of Myles Horton as a charismatic leader. Although a variety of sources mention Highlander School or Myles Horton, little material exists that examines the relationship, if any, between the pedagogy or methodology used at Highlander and the leadership that emerged from …
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The Irish revolutionary period as a rite of passage: things hidden since the foundation of the state
… pattern of action, an ideal-type character of leadership and distinctive political style emerges under the conditions of liminality of the revolutionary period, and becomes institutionalised in Irish political culture. This pattern of action, character type, and style corresponds to the …
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Leadership and Well-Being
Leadership and employee well-being are closely intertwined in contemporary organizations. While leadership is widely regarded as a central social influence shaping employees’ well-being, growing evidence suggests that leadership–well-being relationships are more complex than traditionally assumed. …
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Changing identity and intentions toward entrepreneurial behaviour in community education
… added Visionary strategies (as described in Charismatic Leadership Theory). All participants (N = 259) were randomly assigned to one of three courses and completed a pre- and post-course questionnaire on entrepreneurial intentionality derived from the TPB. Factor analysis and invariance tests …
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The Banality of the Social: A Philosophy of Communication of Social Media Influencer Marketing
… the scholarship surrounding interplay between charismatic leadership and parasocial relationships, I consider the consequences of Arendt’s social condition consisting of a blur between private and public spheres in hyper-form as they appear through social media influencer marketing. These …
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Emotional contagion in leader-follower interactions
Affect has been theoretically important to charismatic leadership for over 80 years as Weber (1920) referred to the emotion, passion, and devotion that ensue from charismatic authority, and is still evident in modern theories of charismatic and transformational leadership. When leaders express …
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Divus Augustus Pater: Tiberius and the charisma of Augustus
… revolutionary transformation as a result of charismatic leadership. This charisma is defined as "a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers …
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An analysis of leadership styles and practices among Korean senior pastors
The purpose of this study was to explore the leadership styles, practices, and influential factors contributing to the leadership styles and practices among Korean senior pastors based on transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership. Quantitative and qualitative research were …
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Narrating The Body Shop: A story about corporate identity
… examined the relationship between the founder’s (charismatic) leadership and the organisation’s identity in a value-driven company. Within this context, the founder’s narrative, as well as supporting and competing narratives by other characters, were crucial to understanding the development of a …