| Item Type |
Journal paper
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| Abstract |
In this paper, we suggest that CEO charisma is related to firm performance via its effect on two important mediators. First, charismatic CEOs are expected to raise the transformational leadership climate within an organization. Second, both CEO charisma and transformational leadership climate are proposed to increase a firm's organizational identity strength, which in turn, relates positively to firm performance. We tested these propositions on a sample of 150 German companies (20,639 employees) with a three-path mediation model at the organizational level of analysis, utilizing four independent data sources. To test the assumed relationships, we used structural equation modeling and applied bootstrapping. Our study helps open the black box of organizational leadership and organizational performance by demonstrating top-level leadership's (CEO charisma) cascading effect on the TFL climate throughout the organization and by showing that OIDS mediates both leadership levels' relationships with firm performance. Further, our study is the first to investigate and demonstrate the relationship between OIDS and performance at the organizational level of analysis. |
| Authors |
Böhm, Stephan A.; Dwertmann, David J. G.; Bruch, Heike & Shamir, Boas |
| Journal or Publication Title |
The Leadership Quarterly |
| Language |
English |
| Keywords |
Organizational identity strength, CEO Charisma, Transformational leadership climate, Firm performance |
| Subjects |
business studies |
| HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
| Refereed |
Yes |
| Date |
1 April 2015 |
| Publisher |
Elsevier Science |
| Place of Publication |
Amsterdam |
| Volume |
26 |
| Number |
2 |
| Page Range |
156-171 |
| Number of Pages |
16 |
| ISSN |
1048-9843 |
| ISSN-Digital |
1873-3409 |
| Publisher DOI |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.07.012 |
| Depositing User |
Prof. Dr. Stephan Alexander Böhm
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| Date Deposited |
01 Aug 2014 00:50 |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 17:21 |
| URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/233499 |
The missing link? Investigating organizational identity strength and transformational leadership climate as mechanisms that connect CEO charisma with firm performance
