Effects of charismatic content and delivery on follower task performance: The moderating role of task charisma conduciveness

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-106

  Johnson, Stefanie K ^a   Dipboye, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charisma conduciveness; Charismatic leadership; Content; Delivery; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649024055     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106291072     Document Type: Article

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