TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract While organizationally relevant outcomes of charismatic leadership have been studied more extensively, we do not know as much about when and why followers attribute charisma to leaders. Drawing on the self-concept based motivational theory of charisma developed by Boas Shamir and colleagues, we propose that congruence between leaders and followers on a core characteristic, namely organizational identification plays an important role. When leaders are high on identification with the organization, they embody and communicate the values of the organization more strongly in their vision and behaviors, which is likely to affect the attribution of charisma to these leaders, but only for followers who themselves strongly identify with the organization. In contrast, those leaders low on organizational identification are more likely to communicate messages that appeal to followers who are similarly low on identification. A multi-source study in the healthcare sector largely supports our model as congruence between organizational identification levels of leaders and followers is positively linked to perceived charisma and, in turn, charisma relates to followers’ organizational citizenship behavior.
VL  - 9
SN  - 978-1-78743-200-0, 978-1-78743-201-7/1479-3571
DO  - 10.1108/S1479-357120180000009004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-357120180000009004
AU  - Hartog Deanne N. Den
AU  - Boon Corine
ED  - Israel Katz
ED  - Galit Eilam-Shamir
ED  - Ronit Kark
ED  - Yair Berson
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Great Minds Think Alike? Congruence in Leader and Follower Organizational Identification and Perceptions of Leader Charisma
T2  - Leadership Now: Reflections on the Legacy of Boas Shamir
T3  - Monographs in Leadership and Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 177
EP  - 194
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -