Abstract
Charisma is a Greek word meaning gift. It is presumed to be characterized by some mystical qualities of leadership divinely bestowed upon rare persons. Recently, Kanungo and Conger have attempted to “strip the aura of mysticism” from charisma by proposing a model that deals with charismatic leadership within organizations strictly as a behavioural process.
In this article, Kanungo and Conger suggest that the charismatic role of executives, like any other type of executive role, is a quality attributed to the executive by organization members based on their perceptions of his/her behaviour. Conceptualizing charismatic behaviour in three distinct stages, the authors identify various behavioural components that distinguish between charismatic and noncharismatic executives.
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