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Rosalie P.
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Charismatic Leadership Style
Max Weber defined charisma as “[a] certain quality of an individual personality, by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities.”
- It is unimportant whether charismatic leaders possess the qualities that their followers attribute to them.
- The definition of charismatic leadership is unconcerned with the political goals of a leader.
- It is unimportant whether the majority considers a leader charismatic. It only matters what their followers think.
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