Previous studies proved the immense importance of nonverbal skills when it comes to being persuasive and coming across as charismatic. It was also found that men sound more convincing and persuasive (i.e. altogether more charismatic) than women under otherwise comparable conditions. This gender bias is investigated in the present study by analyzing and comparing acoustic-melodic charisma featur...

This study was a meta-analysis of the relationship between personality and ratings of transformational and transactional leadership behaviors. Using the 5-factor model of personality as an organizing framework, the authors accumulated 384 correlations from 26 independent studies. Personality traits were related to 3 dimensions of transformational leadership--idealized influence-inspirational mo...

J oseph Michael Foley, MD (March 9, 1916–June 13, 2012) was an outstanding clinical neurologist and geriatrician, educator, academic leader, and professional statesman. His charisma, unending enthusiasm, joie de vivre, warmth, kindness, compassion, dedication, and genuine interest in people earned him friends and devotees among colleagues, trainees, nurses, and countless patients. An unequaled ...

Stynoski et al. introduce the dendrobatids, a charismatic group of frogs known for their colourful and often poisonous skin.

Charisma is often seen as a positive leadership attribute, yet many studies give it a “mixed report card,” finding it less valuable than popularly thought. This paper develops a model to explain why. The key insight is that presenting the cold hard truth is often incompatible with simultaneously firing up followers—a tradeoff exists between information and inspiration; a temptation exists to hi...

in this paper, the writers have collected max weber's views on the worldly approach of islam from his book sociology of religion and presented as a coherent discussion. the writers have then discussed the arguments weber has put forward to prove his point and criticized weber's theory and his personality as a critic. as far as his theory is concerned, the writers have tried to provide answers t...

Received: 12 June 2006 Revised: 10 May 2007 Accepted: 22 July 2007 Abstract Although there is widespread agreement that leadership has important effects on information technology (IT) acceptance and use, relatively little empirical research to date has explored this phenomenon in detail. This paper integrates the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) with charismatic leader...