Testing Behling and McFillen’s Syncretical Model of Charismatic Transformational Leadership
研究了魅力型变革领导行为如何通过追随者的敬畏和激励信念影响组织承诺，检验了Behling和McFillen提出的综合模型，发现敬畏和激励起中介作用，但模式与模型预测不同。
This study examines charismatic transformational leadership behaviors, follower beliefs, and organizational commitment. It tests the mediational relationships hypothesized by Behling and McFillen’s Syncretical Model of Charismatic Transformational Leadership. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 178 followers, relating to 29 leaders in 17 organizations. Mediational analyses found that the follower beliefs of awe and inspiration mediated the effect of charismatic transformational leader behaviors on commitment, although not in the pattern predicted by Behling and McFillen. A structural equation model suggested that awe and inspiration, but not empowerment, mediated the effect of leader behaviors on commitment, with leader behaviors being most strongly related to the follower belief of awe, and commitment being most strongly related to the follower belief of inspiration.