Charisma and Charismatic Leadership Reference library
Fenwick W. English
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration
...of charisma is similarly covered by a conceptual and methodological mask which obscures our understanding of it. What appears first in the consideration of leaders’ persona and their gravitas as nearly undisputable in historical accounts ( Plutarch, 1960 ) seemingly melts away when subjected to the methods of scientific inquiry. Charisma remains hotly disputed in academic circles and its sources and manifestations are evident but continue to be dismissed as a kind of human legerdemain akin to the magician’s illusions. Ancient sources regarding charisma are...
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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
... Greek word for a spiritual * gift , as in 1 Cor. 12:...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (3 ed.)
...charisma [M17th] The first recorded sense of charisma was ‘a divinely conferred talent’. The word came via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek kharisma , from kharis ‘favour, grace’. The Charismatic religious movement has, since the 1930s, gone back to the original sense of the...
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A Dictionary of Human Resource Management (3 ed.)
...charisma is a quality possessed by some individuals that encourages others to listen and follow. Charismatic leaders tend to be self-confident, visionary, and change oriented, often with eccentric or unusual behaviour....
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A Dictionary of Sports Studies
...cultural heroes or religious visionaries: ‘The holder of charisma seizes the task that is adequate for him and demands obedience and a following by virtue of his mission.’ Without such a following, there is no charisma; and ‘charisma lives in, not off , this world’, rejecting ‘rational economic conduct’. The concept has illuminated historical studies of political leaders (for instance, Ian Kershaw 's Hitler, 1889–1936: Hubris , 1998 , in which he states his debt to Weber's insight that charisma rests in the perceivers' view of the charismatic figure)....
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A Dictionary of Philosophy (3 ed.)
... In the analysis of Weber , the charismatic leader exercises power through a certain quality whereby he or she is set apart from ordinary people, and becomes irrationally treated as almost superhuman. Charismatic leadership arises only at periods or places where traditional norms of reason and forms of authority are weak, and the leader fills the vacuum. See also fascism...
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A Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations (4 ed.)
... Originally a term from Christian theology, meaning ‘a favour specially given by God’s grace’, the word was appropriated by Weber to mean ‘a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural…or…exceptional powers or qualities’. The term was used to refer to the spellbinding powers which apparently enabled Hitler to have such a hold over the German people. Weber gave interesting examples of how charisma comes to be ‘routinized’ as by its nature it cannot be passed...
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A Dictionary of Sociology (4 ed.)
...characterized by traditional authority structures, periodically punctured by outbursts of charisma. In modern societies with rational-legal forms of authority, Weber saw the charismatic demagogue as the main counterweight to bureaucratic rigidity. Charisma is therefore unusual (outside of the routine and everyday), spontaneous (by contrast with established social forms), and creative of new movements and new structures. Being a source of instability and innovation, charisma is a force for social change. Although vested in actual persons, charismatic leadership...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
... (theol.) free gift of God's grace. XVII. — Gr. khárisma , f. kharízesthai show favour, f. kháris favour, grace. So charismatic...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
... noun plural charismata M17 ecclesiastical Latin (from Greek kharisma , - mat -, from kharis favor, grace). 1 M17 Christian Theology A divinely conferred power or talent. 2 M20 A capacity to inspire devotion and enthusiasm;...
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Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4 ed.)
...charisma . From Greek χάρισμα ‘gift of grace’, the word made its way from theology to sociology in 1922 when the German sociologist Max Weber (writing in German) used it to mean ‘a gift or power of leadership or authority’. It was quickly adopted by other sociologists. Nowadays it is used as a synonym for ‘influence’ or ‘authority’ or even ‘attraction’ or ‘charm’ in various contexts, e.g.: She presents well, has charm, charisma and vitality, but comes across as severely intellectual — Business , 1991...
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)
... • beamer , blasphemer, Colima, creamer, dreamer, emphysema, femur, Iwo Jima, Kagoshima, lemur, Lima, oedema ( US edema), ottava rima, Pima, reamer, redeemer, schema, schemer, screamer, seamer, Selima, steamer, streamer, terza rima, Tsushima • daydreamer • dimmer , glimmer, limber, limner, shimmer, simmer, skimmer, slimmer, strimmer, swimmer, trimmer, zimmer • enigma , sigma, stigma • Wilma , Wilmer • charisma • Gordimer • polymer • ulema • anima • enema • cinema , minima • maxima • Bessemer • eczema • dulcimer • Hiroshima • Fatima ,...
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A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.)
... ♀ Modern name, from the vocabulary word denoting personal magnetism or charm (from Greek kharisma ‘blessing’, referring originally to the spiritual gifts conferred by the Holy Spirit on the Christian apostles). It may be chosen by parents in the hope that the child will have this quality, or it may simply represent an elaboration of Charis...
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Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage (3 ed.)
...added reams of sound, ordered data, yet the charisma of Mars remains — San Francisco Examiner , 1976 She presents well, has charm, charisma and vitality, but comes across as severely intellectual — Business , 1991 . 2 The adjective charismatic , in addition to its religious meanings (as in the charismatic movement ), has developed in line with charisma and can be used of a person, an achievement such as performance , or an abstraction such as leadership , personality , presence , or quality . There is also an adverb charismatically : He had a...
