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Culture specific and crossculturally generalizable implicit leadership theories: Are attributes of charismatic/transformational leadership universally endorsed?

  • Deanne N. Den Hartog
  • , Robert J. House
  • , Paul J. Hanges
  • , S. Antonio Ruiz-Quintanilla
  • , Peter W. Dorfman
  • , Ikhlas A. Abdalla
  • , Babajide Samuel Adetoun
  • , Ram N. Aditya
  • , Hafid Agourram
  • , Adebowale Akande
  • , Bolanle Elizabeth Akande
  • , Staffan Akerblom
  • , Carlos Altschul
  • , Eden Alvarez-Backus
  • , Julian Andrews
  • , Maria Eugenia Arias
  • , Mirian Sofyan Arif
  • , Neal M. Ashkanasy
  • , Arben Asllani
  • , Guiseppe Audia
  • Gyula Bakacsi, Helena Bendova, David Beveridge, Rabi S. Bhagat, Alejandro Blacutt, Jiming Bao, Domenico Bodega, Muzaffer Bodur, Simon Booth, Annie E. Booysen, Dimitrios Bourantas, Klas Brenk, Felix Brodbeck, Dale Everton Carl, Philippe Castel, Chieh-Chen Chang, Sandy Chau, Frenda Cheung, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jimmy Chiu, Peter Cosgriff, Ali Dastmalchian

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Abstract

This study focuses on culturally endorsed implicit theories of leadership (CLTs). Although crosscultural research emphasizes that different cultural groups likely have different conceptions of what leadership should entail, a controversial position is argued here: namely that attributes associated with charismatic/transformational leadership will be universally endorsed as contributing to outstanding leadership. This hypothesis was tested in 58 cultures as part of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) Research Program. Universally endorsed leader attributes, as well as attributes that are universally seen as impediments to outstanding leadership and culturally contingent attributes are presented here. The results support the hypothesis that specific aspects of charismatic/transformational leadership are strongly and universally endorsed across cultures. © 1999 by Elsevier Science Inc.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-256
JournalLeadership Quarterly
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 1999
Externally publishedYes

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