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Charismatic leadership and follower motivation:
How does charismatic leadership inspire follower motivation?

Overview

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Figure 1. The soccer team you have just been named captain of.
Imagine this...

You have just been named captain of your soccer team (see Figure 1), but this is the first time you have been put in a position like this. You have always been told that you are rather charismatic, and you have heard of this thing called charismatic leadership. Is there a way you can use this apparent charisma you have and turn it into charismatic leadership to help rally your team so you can win?

  • It is important for a good leader to know how to inspire motivation in their followers
  • Charisma is often talked about as an effective tool utilised by many of the world's most successful leaders
  • It is therefore important to understand the role that charisma plays in leadership and how it can be utilised to inspire follower motivation

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Focus questions

  • What is charismatic leadership?
  • How do followers' traits influence the effects of charismatic leadership?
  • How do traits of the leader influence the effects of charismatic leadership?

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What is charismatic leadership?

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  • Charismatic leadership is often stated to improve follower motivation, but is often ill-defined (Antonakis et al., 2021; Sy et al., 2018)
  • Charismatic speeches have been found to significantly increase both worker output and public good contributions comparative to "standard" speeches, although dependent on social context (Antonakis et al., 2021)
  • Development of a theoretical model to understand charismatic leadership in the Elicit-Channel (EC) model, charismatic relationship = five-step cyclical process (Sy et al., 2018)
  • Both charismatic and integrative (combined charismatic and individualised consideration) leadership messages have been found to be beneficial for collective follower self-concept, supporting a self-concept-based theory of charismatic leadership (Paul et al., 2001)

Follower traits and charismatic leadership

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  • Charismatic leadership has been found to positively influence both employees' perceived support and employees' goal-directed energy (Yan et al., 2025)
  • Perceived support of employees has been found to mediate the relationship between charismatic leadership and employees' goal-directed energy (Yan et al., 2025)
  • Although, duration under current tenure has been found to negatively moderate both charismatic leadership and employees' perceived support (Yan et al., 2025)

Leader traits and charismatic leadership

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  • Followers' prosocial motivation is positively influenced by charismatic leadership when abusive supervision is low, but not when abusive supervision is high (Christensen-Salem et al., 2024)
  • Follower prosocial motivation was found to be a mediating factor between organisational citizenship behaviour and charismatic leadership, when abusive supervision is low, but not when abusive supervision is high (Christensen-Salem et al., 2024)
  • The importance of value congruence between followers and a socialised charismatic leader, values have also been found to be occupation-linked (Brown & Treviño, 2009)

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How many steps are in the cyclical process of the Elicit-Channel (EC) model of charismatic leadership?

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Charismatic leadership has been found to ______ influence both employees' perceived support and employees' goal-directed energy:

Positively
Negatively

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Followers' prosocial motivation is positively influenced by charismatic leadership when abusive supervision is _____:

high
low


Conclusion

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  • Charismatic leadership is often talked about, but typically not so well-defined, although more specific models and studies are being done in more recent years (Antonakis et al., 2021; Sy et al., 2018)
  • Charismatic and integrative leadership messages have both been found to be beneficial for follower self-concept (Paul et al., 2001)
  • Traits relating to both followers and charismatic leaders have been found to influence the effects of charismatic leadership in various ways (Brown & Treviño, 2009; Christensen-Salem et al., 2024; Yan et al., 2025)


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See also

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References

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Antonakis, J., d’Adda, G., Weber, R. A., & Zehnder, C. (2021). “Just words? Just speeches?” On the economic value of charismatic leadership. Management Science, 68(9). https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4219

Brown, M. E., & Treviño, L. K. (2009). Leader–follower values congruence: Are socialized charismatic leaders better able to achieve it? Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(2), 478–490. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014069

Christensen-Salem, A., Hartnell, C. A., Walumbwa, F. O., Chiang, F., & Birtch, T. (2024). When charismatic leadership loses its luster: Examining the interactive effect of charismatic leadership and abusive supervision on follower prosocial motivation and citizenship behavior. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 31(3), 304–318. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518241263913

Paul, J., Costley, D. L., Howell, J. P., Dorfman, P. W., & Trafimow, D. (2001). The effects of charismatic leadership on followers’ self-concept accessibility. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31(9), 1821–1842. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb00206.x

Sy, T., Horton, C., & Riggio, R. (2018). Charismatic leadership: Eliciting and channeling follower emotions. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(1), 58–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.12.008

Yan, K., Guo, W., Latukha, M., & Fefelov, D. (2025). How does charismatic leadership foster employees’ goal-directed energy and perceived support? The moderating role of charismatic leadership tenure. Journal of East-West Business, 31(4), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669868.2025.2504988

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