Context and Charisma: A “Meso” Level Examination of the Relationship of Organic Structure, Collectivism, and Crisis to Charismatic Leadership
研究从“中观”层面考察了工作单元结构、集体主义文化和危机感对魅力型领导出现的影响，发现有机结构和集体主义促进魅力型领导，而危机感则抑制其出现，且下属对领导魅力的评价与领导对工作单元绩效的评价相关。
This research presents a “meso” level approach that models charismatic leadership in organizations as a function of contextual factors (such as work unit structure, work group collectivism, and crisis), an issue that has rarely been explored in charismatic leadership research. Data were collected from 596 managers and subordinates embedded in 101 work units in a large, complex organization and were analyzed at the individual, group, and cross-levels of analysis. Results indicate that organic structure and collectivistic cultural orientation were positively associated with the emergence of charismatic leadership, whereas perceptions of crisis were negatively related to charismatic leadership. Further, subordinates' ratings of leader charisma were related to leader ratings of work unit performance. The implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.