Text

“Just Words? Just Speeches?” On the Economic Value of Charismatic Leadership

Leadership theories in sociology and psychology argue that effective leaders influence follower behavior not only through the design of incentives and institutions, but also through personal abilities to persuade and motivate. Although charismatic leadership has received considerable attention in the management literature, existing research has not yet established causal evidence for an effect of leader charisma on follower performance in incentivized and economically relevant situations. We report evidence from field and laboratory experiments that investigate whether a leader’s charisma—in the form of a stylistically different motivational speech—can induce individuals to undertake personally costly but socially beneficial actions. In the field experiment, we find that workers who are given a charismatic speech increase their output by about 17% relative to workers who listen to a standard speech. This effect is statistically significant and comparable in size to the positive effect of high-powered financial incentives. We then investigate the effect of charisma in a series of laboratory experiments in which subjects are exposed to motivational speeches before playing a repeated public goods game. Our results reveal that a higher number of charismatic elements in the speech can increase public good contributions by up to 19%. However, we also find that the effectiveness of charisma varies and appears to depend on the social context in which the speech is delivered.

Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; Vol.68 No.9 September 2022

No. Panggil

-

Penerbit

: .,

Deskripsi Fisik

p. 6355-6381

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

-

Klasifikasi

NONE

Tipe Isi

-

Tipe Media

-

Tipe Pembawa

-

Edisi

-

Subjek

LEADERSHIP IN ENGINEERING
PUBLIC GOODS
INCENTIVES
FIELD EXPERIMENT
WORK PERFORMANCE
CHARISMA

Info Detail Spesifik

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4219

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

John Antonakis, Giovanna d’Adda, Roberto A. Weber, Christian Zehnder

Versi lain/terkait

Lampiran Berkas

Komentar