The article addresses the relationship between social distance and charismatic leadership. Current theories of charismatic leadership in organizations have borrowed ideas from the literature on socially distant charismatic leaders and applied them to leadership situations that involve direct contacts between leaders and their immediate subordinates. This article argues that while social distanc...

in new organizational world, managenemt is the most effective factor; and its proper form is in collaboration with leadership. one of the leadership's theories-which is the most effective-is charismatic leadership theory, though hasn't gain proper attention. generally, charismatic leadership means creating a relationship which involves affecting and being affected without involvement ...

This study aimed at empirically clarifying the similarities and differences between transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership. More specifically, the convergent, divergent, and criterion validity of two instruments, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X) and the Conger and Kanungo Scales (CKS), was explored. It was found that transformational and charismatic leaders...

Many local and foreign theorists and authorities have tried to present a theoretical elaboration of the nature of Imam Khomeini’s leadership and its profound impact. Therefore, the basic question of this research foresees this fact “What kind of interactions has existed between Imam Khomeini’s personality and leadership method and the observation of   human dignity? Was this method of leadershi...

In Weber's writing and in leadership theory, charismatic leadership is associated with social change. However, the importance and desirability of charismatic leaders in change processes can be questioned, as well as the notion that charismatic leaders are invariably proponents of change. There are documented cases of charismatic leaders in religious and political contexts who have opposed ongoi...

this study intends to identify a model of local leadership for government and non-government newspapers and also, to compare the model of leadership in the government and non-government newspapers. for this purpose, first all leadership models have studied and combined with islamic leadership model and then 134 indexes were selected as optimal indexes of local leadership. these indexes were sen...

We argue that charismatic leadership can influence external support for the organization, particularly in making the company more attractive to outside investors. Two studies were conducted to test this general hypothesis. First, an archival study demonstrated that the stock of companies headed by charismatic leaders appreciated more than the stock of comparable companies, even after difference...

The aim of this study is research the impact of management level's charismatic leadership style on miners' unsafe behavior by using the questionnaires on charismatic leadership style, safety attitude and the miners' unsafe behavior measurement to investigate 200 employees in Shen Dong Company. The research results suggest that management level's charismatic leadership style have very important ...