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Is Charismatic Leadership Effective When Workers Are Pressured To Be Good Citizens?
J Psychol. 2015; 149(8):751-74.JP

Abstract

Prior research has explored how employees' perceptions of their leaders impact their work attitudes and behaviors. Studies have shown that charismatic leaders motivate individuals to be more engaged and to exhibit more organizational citizenship behaviors. This study considers how a moderator, citizenship pressure, affects how charismatic leaders might inspire their followers to go above and beyond and be more engaged in their work. Using a sample of 243 workers, this study's findings show that charismatic leadership has a stronger positive effect on job engagement when employees perceive less citizenship pressure. Citizenship pressure did not moderate the relationship between charismatic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Implications of this study include an examination of the moderating influence of citizenship pressure, a relatively new construct. Practically, the implications may shed some light on leadership factors that encourage increased effort from employees and greater employee engagement. More specifically, findings suggest that persons are motivated to exhibit more OCBs to meet high expectations of charismatic leaders. However, when seeking engagement, feeling pressure to perform these OCBs has a reverse effect as more job engagement results with less citizenship pressure. Future research suggestions and limitations are discussed.

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Horn D
a Texas Woman's University.
Mathis CJ
No affiliation info available
Robinson SL
No affiliation info available
Randle N
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultEmploymentFemaleHumansLeadershipMaleMiddle AgedOrganizational CulturePersonalityPersonnel Loyalty

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

25491931

Citation

Horn, Dewaynna, et al. "Is Charismatic Leadership Effective when Workers Are Pressured to Be Good Citizens?" The Journal of Psychology, vol. 149, no. 8, 2015, pp. 751-74.
Horn D, Mathis CJ, Robinson SL, et al. Is Charismatic Leadership Effective When Workers Are Pressured To Be Good Citizens? J Psychol. 2015;149(8):751-74.
Horn, D., Mathis, C. J., Robinson, S. L., & Randle, N. (2015). Is Charismatic Leadership Effective When Workers Are Pressured To Be Good Citizens? The Journal of Psychology, 149(8), 751-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2014.978253
Horn D, et al. Is Charismatic Leadership Effective when Workers Are Pressured to Be Good Citizens. J Psychol. 2015;149(8):751-74. PubMed PMID: 25491931.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Is Charismatic Leadership Effective When Workers Are Pressured To Be Good Citizens? AU - Horn,Dewaynna, AU - Mathis,Christopher J, AU - Robinson,Sammie L, AU - Randle,Natasha, Y1 - 2014/12/09/ PY - 2014/12/11/entrez PY - 2014/12/11/pubmed PY - 2016/8/10/medline KW - charismatic leadership KW - citizenship pressure KW - job engagement KW - organizational citizenship behavior SP - 751 EP - 74 JF - The Journal of psychology JO - J Psychol VL - 149 IS - 8 N2 - Prior research has explored how employees' perceptions of their leaders impact their work attitudes and behaviors. Studies have shown that charismatic leaders motivate individuals to be more engaged and to exhibit more organizational citizenship behaviors. This study considers how a moderator, citizenship pressure, affects how charismatic leaders might inspire their followers to go above and beyond and be more engaged in their work. Using a sample of 243 workers, this study's findings show that charismatic leadership has a stronger positive effect on job engagement when employees perceive less citizenship pressure. Citizenship pressure did not moderate the relationship between charismatic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Implications of this study include an examination of the moderating influence of citizenship pressure, a relatively new construct. Practically, the implications may shed some light on leadership factors that encourage increased effort from employees and greater employee engagement. More specifically, findings suggest that persons are motivated to exhibit more OCBs to meet high expectations of charismatic leaders. However, when seeking engagement, feeling pressure to perform these OCBs has a reverse effect as more job engagement results with less citizenship pressure. Future research suggestions and limitations are discussed. SN - 1940-1019 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25491931/Is_Charismatic_Leadership_Effective_When_Workers_Are_Pressured_To_Be_Good_Citizens DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -