Boas Shamir (1992) states that charismatic leadership has its effect by heightening the leader’s self-esteem and self-worth, which leads to increased self-efficacy and collective efficacy. It, in turn, develops the followers’ personal identification with the leader, identification with a perceived prestigious and distinctive social group, and the internalisation of the leader’s values.
To research charismatic leadership, one needs to view it as a function of the whole situation. It is leader identity, behaviour, follower identity, sociocultural context and organisational setting all working together concurrently.
References
- Shamir, B. (1992). Attribution of Influence and Charisma to the Leader: The Romance of Leadership Revisited1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(5), pp.386–407. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb01546.x.