Adding Fuel to Fire: The Impact of Followers' Arousal on Ratings of Charisma

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1584-1596

  Pastor, Juan Carlos ^a   Mayo, Margarita ^a   Shamir, Boas ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

arousal; charismatic leadership; misattribution; response facilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36348984511     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.6.1584     Document Type: Article

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