Character Not Charisma is the Critical Measure of Leadership Excellence

By Y. Sankar. 2003

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Unrequited Profit: How Stakeholder and Economic Values Relate to Subordinates' Perceptions of Leadership and Firm Performance (2008, result): “These findings are in conflict with research suggesting that a negative, manipulative, or personalized side to charismatic or visionary leadership (e.g., Khurana, 2002; Sankar, 2003; Maccoby, 2004) corresponds with a powerful or dynamic leader who forces his or her values and visions on others.”
Leading on land and sea: competencies and context. (2008, background): “The impact of a leader’s character, a long-neglected dimension that has become of critical importance in today’s business environment, cannot be ignored (Sankar, 2003; Simons, 2002; Tubbs and Schultz, 2005).”
Cultural and leadership predictors of corporate social responsibility values of top management: a GLOBE study of 15 countries (2006, background): “As articulated by Sankar (2003), integrity may be an under-researched variable in the leadership literature.”