Magic, Meaning and Leadership

Weber’s Model and the Empirical Literature

Bibliographic Data

ID9890645
AuthorsHarold B Jones (Mercer University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume54
Issue6
Pages753-771
Publication date2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0018726701546003
OpenAlexW2150879029
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited51

Weber’s (1946) model of charismatic leadership offers a framework within which more recent theories and findings can be shown to have a place. The process he described begins as a challenge to an existing status quo and paves the way for another. The charismatic leader elicits a willing response from followers, who begin in the faith that they are pursuing purposes greater than their own but lay the foundations of a new status quo when they seek to legitimate their positions of power. Empirical theories and findings elucidate the stages of this process. The initial status quo, leader dependence upon the support of followers, attributions of charisma and the importance of follower feelings have been described under the headings of substitutes for leadership, leader traits and behavior, implicit leadership and transformational leadership. Leader-member exchange (LMX) and strategic contingencies theory describes the appearance of an administrative staff and tendencies toward a new status quo. Descriptions of organizational development bear similarities to Weber’s model and suggest opportunities for empirical research

Attribution · Charisma · Charismatic authority · Empirical research · Epistemology · Feeling · Leadership · Leadership style · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Status quo · Transformational leadership · Human Behavior and Motivation · Law · Management Theory and Practice · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

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