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The Role of Self‐Awareness and Self‐Monitoring in Charismatic Relationships
Author(s) -
Weierter Stuart J. M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb02038.x
Subject(s) - charisma , psychology , self monitoring , social psychology , self awareness , charismatic authority , affect (linguistics) , self , state (computer science) , communication , philosophy , theology , algorithm , computer science
In this paper, a hypothesis from a theory of charismatic relationships is examined that incorporates follower's level of self‐monitoring and state of self‐awareness. It is argued that changes in the state of self‐awareness affect the characteristics of the short‐term charismatic relationship between leader and follower, but only for high self‐monitoring followers. Providing support for the hypothesis was a repeated‐measures study. Participants ( N = 78) viewed video vignettes of charismatic leaders presenting different messages, in either a high or low self‐awareness condition. When high in self‐awareness, participants with a high self‐monitoring orientation were more likely than when in a state of low self‐awareness to internalize only those messages congruent with their values and beliefs.