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Authors: | Thomas H. Stone William H. Cooper |
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Affiliation: | aWilliam S. Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, United States;bSchool of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 |
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Abstract: | Fifty years ago Edwin Hollander argued that to emerge as a credible leader, a group member must first develop credits with potential followers before followers can be led in a new direction. His idiosyncrasy credit theory of leadership emerged in the 1950s, gathered support in the 1960s, was questioned in the 1970s, stagnated since the 1980s and has now become a passing reference. We reexamine the theory and argue that it should be revived to span a gap in current thinking about leadership. We identify its key constructs, examine the mixed support, describe a revised model, suggest some testable research propositions and illustrate its application to the life of one prominent transformational leader. |
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Keywords: | Emergent leadership Credits Deviance Conformity Fidelity |
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