Charisma: An Ill-Defined and Ill-Measured Gift

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 293-319

  Antonakis, John ^a   Bastardoz, Nicolas ^a   Jacquart, Philippe ^b   Shamir, Boas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

causality; charismatic leadership; endogeneity; leader development; signaling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013278097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062305     Document Type: Review

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