Article history: Received 16 December 2010 Received in revised form 28 April 2012 Accepted 30 April 2012 Available online 7 June 2012 We investigated the combined effects of charismatic leadership and organizational culture on perceived and objective company performance using a longitudinal design. Employees (N=1214) in 46 branches of a large Dutch bank rated branch management on charismatic le...

Water stress is a particularly important problem for insects and other small organisms in arid environments. Cactophilic fruit flies in the genus Drosophila have invaded deserts on numerous occasions, including multiple independent invasions of North American deserts. Because the evolutionary history of this genus is so well studied, we can investigate the mechanisms of adaptation in a rigorous...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of imagery in a leader's speech on listeners' perceptions of the leader's charisma. A former US president's inaugural address was rewritten to create low and high imagery versions, and audio recordings of the two speeches were made. Participants were randomly assigned to high or low speech imagery conditions. After listening to the spe...

This research examines the relationship between organizational financial performance and the levels of charisma and optimism revealed in the annual report. Hypotheses were developed based on the meta-theory of the organization as a social actor and previous empirical results regarding the relationship between organizational financial performance and the constructs of charisma and optimism. Base...

Innovation is basically defined as improvements and changes which provide added value to the enterprises. The impacts of innovation are generally seen positive by business owners executives, but in some cases this perception may be negative well. aim study research effect that will create a competitive advantage, increase product quality considered an escape from crisis, indeed perceptions inno...

In July 1977, 50,000 Christians from different backgrounds and traditions converged on Kansas City to participate in the Conference Charismatic Renewal Christian Churches. Catholic charismatics played a key role its organization, relying all their ecumenical contacts built since origins of (CCR) 1967 at Duquesne University Pittsburgh (PA). If conference represented zenith shared unified vision ...