主题: Gravitational Force of Charisma: Leaders’ Social Capital Beyond Team Boundaries
题目：魅力型领导的引力：团队边界之外的领导者社会资本
时间: May 15th, 2026 (Friday) 10:00 am-11:00 am Beijing Time
地点: 管理科研楼801会议室，#腾讯会议：569-345-962
主讲人: Xu Huang, Chair Professor, School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University
Bio:
Professor Xu Huang received his PhD from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), MA from Lancaster University (UK), and Honors Diploma from Lingnan University (Hong Kong). He is Chair Professor of the School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University. Professor Xu Huang currently serves as the Vice-President of the International Association for Chinese Management Research. He is a Consulting Editor for Management and Organization Review, and a member of the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal and Human Relations. Additionally, Professor Huang serves as an Independent Director on the board of Giordano International Limited.
Professor Xu Huang’s research interests include psychology of AI, leadership, power, proactive and abnormal work behaviors, employee well-being, cross-cultural psychology, and management issues in China. He has published more than 80 papers in international journals including ASQ, AMJ, JAP, JIBS, PP, JOM, MOR, JOB, JOOP, HR, and LQ.
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Abstract:
In this paper, we seek to revive Weber’s original, expansive conception of charisma. We argue that charismatic leadership is not merely a psychological tool for influencing immediate subordinates, but a “gravitational force” that reshapes a leader’s structural positioning within the broader organizational ecology. By projecting attraction beyond the confines of immediate reporting lines and drawing followers across traditional boundaries, charismatic leaders cultivate a unique form of social capital. This structural advantage allows them to harvest the diverse information and strategic opportunities embedded within the wider organization, channeling these external currents back to their own units to drive superior team performance.
We test this framework by leveraging a unique, time-lagged, multi-source dataset of 672 employees nested within 116 sales teams across 33 subsidiaries of a large insurance company in China. Our findings reveal that charismatic leadership is a potent predictor of a leader’s centrality within the broader organizational influence network; this centrality, in turn, serves as the vital conduit through which leaders secure the resources necessary to elevate their team’s collective output.