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  • Williams, E.A., Pillai, R., McCombs, K. & Lowe, K.B. (2021). The roles of character and charisma in evaluating leadership: Effects of dark triad and honesty-humility traits, attributed charisma, and COVID-19 crisis anxiety in rejecting a presidential leadership candidate, Personality and Individual Differences, 181

  • Lee, J., Cho, J., Pillai, R. (2020) “Does Transformational Leadership Promote Employee Perceptions of Ethical Leadership: A Moderated Mediation Model of Procedural Justice and Power-Distance Orientation” Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 17 (6), pp. 88-100

  • Williams, E.A., Pillai, R., McCombs, K., Lowe, K.B., & Deptula, B.J. (2020) “Adaptive and Maladaptive Narcissism, Charisma, and Leadership Performance: A Study of Perceptions about the Presidential Leadership of Donald Trump”, Leadership, Volume 16, Issue 6.

  • Lau, V. W., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2020). Leadership as a Reflection of Who We Are: Social Identity, Media Portrayal, and Evaluations of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Sex Roles, 82, 422–437.

  • Lee, J., Cho, J., Baek, Y., Pillai, R., & Oh, S. (2019) "Does Ethical Leadership Predict Follower Outcomes Above and Beyond the Full-Range Leadership Model and Authentic Leadership? An Organizational Commitment Perspective," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 36: 821-847.

  •  Williams, E.A., Pillai, R.,Deptula,B.J., & Lowe,K.B. (2018) "Authentic Moral Leadership, Attributed Charisma, and Cynicism about Change in the Context of a Presidential Election: Understanding the Moderating Role of Crisis Perceptions," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 15, Iss.3, pp 40-55

  • Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C. & Yan, Q. (2018). Leading and Learning to Change: The Role of Leadership Style and Mindset in Error Learning and Organizational Change. Journal of Change Management. DOI:10.1080/14697017.2018.1446693

  • Williams, E.A., Pillai, R., Deptula, B., & Lowe, K.B., & McCombs, K. (2018). Did charisma “Trump” narcissism in 2016? Leader narcissism, attributed charisma, value congruence and voter choice, Personality and Individual Differences, 130:11-17.

  • Lee, J., Cho, J., and Pillai, R. (2017) Loyalty as Moral Glue in Korea? The Mediating Role of Affective Commitment in the Relationship between Ethical Leadership and Work Outcomes. Winner, Sage Best Paper Award at the Midwestern Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, October 2017.

  • Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J.C. (2015). The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model: A Method for Studying Trust in Dyadic Relationships (pp. 240-250). In Lyon, F., Möllering, G., & Saunders, M. (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods on Trust, 2nd ed. Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI:10.4337/9781782547419.00032.

  • Pillai, R., Carsten, M. K., Deb, P., Dayaram, K., Tomei, P.A., Chi, Shu-Cheng, Cherry, B., & Ulvenbad, P. I. (2015) “Transformational Leadership, justice, trust, and outcomes: A study of Australia, Brazil, India, Taiwan, and Sweden”, Proceedings of Eastern Academy of Management International Meeting, Lima, Peru.

  • Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2014). Comparing Leaders across Contexts, Culture, and Time: Computerized Content Analysis of Leader-Follower Communications. Leadership, 10(2), 142–159.

  • Yan, Q., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2014). Absence Makes the Errors Go Longer: How Leaders Inhibit Learning from Errors. Journal of Psychology (Zeitschrift für Psychologie), 222(4), 233-242. DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000190.

  • Lee, J. & Pillai, R. (2014) “Are Transformational Leadership and Ethical Leadership Two Sides of the Same Coin? Best Paper Proceedings of the 2014 Academy of Management National Meetings, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Kohles, J. C., Bligh, M. C., & Carsten, M. K. (2013). The Vision Integration Process: Applying Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Leader-Follower Communications. Leadership, 9(4), 466-485. One of 15 Leadership articles downloaded most frequently between August 2013 and July 2014.

  • Pillai, R. (2013) “Transformational Leadership for Crisis Management.”  In Andrew J.DuBrin (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Crisis Leadership in Organizations.

  • Williams, E.A., Pillai, R., Deptula, B., & Lowe, K.B. (2012) The effects of crisis, cynicism about change, and value congruence on perceptions of authentic leadership and attributed charisma in the 2008 presidential election, The Leadership Quarterly, 23: 324-41.

  • Pillai, R., Kohles, J.C., Bligh, M.C., Carsten, M., & Brodowsky, G. (2011) Leadership in “Confucian Asia”: a three-country study of justice, trust, and transformational leadership, Organization Management Journal, 8: 242-259.

  • Bligh, M.C., Kohles, J.C., & Pillai, R. (2011) Romancing leadership: Past, present, and future, The Leadership Quarterly, 22 (6): 1058-1077.

  • Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2009). The Enduring Allure of Charisma: How Barack Obama Won the Historic 2008 Presidential Election. The Leadership Quarterly, 20, 483-492.

  • Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2008). It Takes Two to Tango: An Interdependence Analysis of the Spiraling of Perceived Trustworthiness and Cooperation in Interpersonal and Intergroup Relationships. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 107, 161-178.

  • Pillai, R., Kohles, J. C., Bligh, M. C., Carsten, M., & Brodowsky, G. (2009). Leadership in Confucian Asia: Similarities and Differences of Justice, Trust, and Leadership Outcomes in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Winner of John Yanouzas Outstanding Paper Award at the Eastern Academy of Management International Conference in Rio De Janeiro, June 21-25, 2009

  • Williams, E.A., Pillai, R., Lowe, K. B., Jung, D., & Herst, D. (2009). Crisis, Charisma, Values & Voting Behavior in the 2004 Presidential Election, The Leadership Quarterly

  • Pillai, R., Kohles, J. C., & Bligh, M. C. (2007). Through Thick and Thin? Follower Constructions of Presidential Leadership Amidst Crises, 2001 - 2005. In Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.).

  • Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

  • Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (In Press). Can I Trust You to Trust Me? A Theory of Trust, Monitoring, and Cooperation in Interpersonal and Intergroup Relationships. Group and Organization Management.

  • Bligh, M. C., Pearce, C. L., & Kohles, J. C. (2006). The Importance of Self and Shared Leadership in Team Based Knowledge Work: A Meso-Level Model of Leadership Dynamics. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(4).

  • Kohles, J. C. (2005). Effective dialogue for strategic rewards. Published as part of an international debate titled, "What do strategists actually do?" European Business Forum, 21(1), Spring: 18-19.

  • Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2005). Crisis and Charisma in the California Recall Election. Leadership, 1(3), 323-352.

  • Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). Charting the Language of Leadership: A Methodological Investigation of President Bush and the Crisis of 9/11. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(3): 562-574.

  • Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). Charisma Under Crisis: Presidential Leadership, Rhetoric, and Media Responses Before and After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. The Leadership Quarterly, 15(2): 211-239.