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Leader Affective Displays and Attributions of Charisma: The Role of Arousal
Author(s) -
Damen Frederic,
Van Knippenberg Daan,
Van Knippenberg Barbara
Publication year - 2008
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.1559-1816.2008.00405.x
Subject(s) - attribution , charisma , psychology , arousal , social psychology , feeling , affect (linguistics) , charismatic authority , communication , theology , philosophy
Research suggests that leader displays of positive affect are conducive to attributions of charisma. We qualify and extend this conclusion by arguing that this mainly holds for displays of positive affect that are associated with high levels of arousal. Results of a scenario experiment and a survey support this hypothesis, and show that besides the transfer of positive feelings per se, it is the transfer of arousal that mediates the relationship between leader affective displays and attributions of charisma.