Professor Antonakis will provide an overview of studying charisma scientifically, and address the question why it should be re-defined from a signaling perspective. He will show why questionnaire measures should never be used to gauge charisma as an independent variable, and why charisma should be experimentally manipulated in the context of consequential experiments or measured via verbal or non-verbal signals. He also will provide evidence showing that charisma can help individuals deliver a vision that sticks, motivate workers, or help coordinate player actions in public good settings. Finally he will show that charisma is a difficult to emulate skill that depends strongly on cognitive ability--hence it is a costly signal.
Meeting details: Friday, February 17th 9:00a CST, via Zoom
Zoom details (or use the meeting ID and passcode found on the Announcement: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/97735182219?pwd=bzF3cGhPR0hlU0puKzdXRjhndUh3Zz09
Meeting ID: 977 3518 2219
Passcode: 708830
