The effect of charismatic leaders on followers’ memory, error detection, persuasion and prosocial behavior: A cognitive science approach

• Published in: The Leadership quarterly Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 101656
• Main Authors: Engelbert, Lara H., van Elk, Michiel, Kandrik, Michal, Theeuwes, Jan, van Vugt, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Charisma; Cognitive effort; Followership; Information processing; Leadership; Charisma; Leadership; Cognitive effort; Information processing; Followership

Adopting a cognitive and follower-centric approach to charismatic leadership, we hypothesized that followers show lower levels of cognitive effort, reflected in superficial processing of factually correct information when listening to and viewing a charismatic leader. We conducted two experiments, u...