Title
Effects of charismatic content and delivery on follower task performance - The moderating role of task charisma conduciveness
Abbreviated Journal Title
Group Organ. Manage.
Keywords
charismatic leadership; charisma conduciveness; task performance; content; delivery; COMPUTER-MEDIATED GROUPS; PATH-GOAL THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT; IDEA GENERATION; GROUP POTENCY; CREATIVITY; STYLE; ANONYMITY; CRISIS; Psychology, Applied; Management
Abstract
The current study examined the moderating effect of task type on the effectiveness of charismatic leadership. Using a laboratory study, the content (visionary, nonvisionary) and delivery (expressive, unexpressive) of a leadership speech were manipulated, along with the charisma conduciveness of performance tasks. Based on the propositions asserted by Shamir and Howell, the authors suggest that charisma-conducive tasks are low in analyzability (more complex) and require greater levels of initiative and creativity. In addition, the authors expected that the effects of charismatic leadership on task performance should be more pronounced in terms of quality than quantity of performance. As expected, visionary content and expressive delivery resulted in higher attributions of charismatic leadership. In addition, visionary content led to better quality of performance on more charisma-conducive tasks.
Journal Title
Group & Organization Management
Volume
33
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
77
Last Page
106
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1059-6011
Recommended Citation
"Effects of charismatic content and delivery on follower task performance - The moderating role of task charisma conduciveness" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 499.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/499
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