TY - JOUR
T1 - Does talking the talk help walking the walkβ An examination of the effect of vocal attractiveness in leader effectiveness
AU - DeGroot, Timothy
AU - Aime, Federico
AU - Johnson, Scott G.
AU - Kluemper, Donald
PY - 2011/8/1
Y1 - 2011/8/1
N2 - The authors tested the hypothesis that leaders' vocal attractiveness is positively related to perceptions of leadership effectiveness. In a first study using vocal spectral analysis on a sample of U.S. presidents and Canadian prime ministers, vocal attractiveness accounted for significant variance in historians' perceptions of leadership effectiveness (β= .35, p< .05), explaining an additional 12% of the variance above that explained by personality, motives, and charisma. A second study of 255 subjects distributed into 85 teams in a laboratory setting found similar results for the relationship between vocal attractiveness and perceptions of leadership effectiveness. The second study also supported the hypothesis that personal reactions mediate the relationship between vocal attractiveness and perceptions of leadership effectiveness. In contrast, vocal attractiveness and personal reactions were found to have no significant effects on leadership effectiveness outcomes. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
AB - The authors tested the hypothesis that leaders' vocal attractiveness is positively related to perceptions of leadership effectiveness. In a first study using vocal spectral analysis on a sample of U.S. presidents and Canadian prime ministers, vocal attractiveness accounted for significant variance in historians' perceptions of leadership effectiveness (β= .35, p< .05), explaining an additional 12% of the variance above that explained by personality, motives, and charisma. A second study of 255 subjects distributed into 85 teams in a laboratory setting found similar results for the relationship between vocal attractiveness and perceptions of leadership effectiveness. The second study also supported the hypothesis that personal reactions mediate the relationship between vocal attractiveness and perceptions of leadership effectiveness. In contrast, vocal attractiveness and personal reactions were found to have no significant effects on leadership effectiveness outcomes. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
KW - Implicit leadership theories
KW - Leader effectiveness
KW - Vocal attractiveness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.008
M3 - Article
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 22
SP - 680
EP - 689
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -