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This paper aims to show the relation between the two contemporary theories of leadership namely Psychodynamic and Neocharismatic. It also overviews these contemporary leadership theories and briefly introduces their concepts and meanings. It briefly demonstrates how these types of leadership affect followers by introducing the basics of their relationship. To have a general view of the aforementioned theories a few of their characteristics are discussed. Since any successful charismatic leadership requires a strong support by their followers, the psychological factors play a vital role in persuading and provoking subordinates to obey the leader without question.
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Abbasiyannejad, M., Silong, A.D. (2015). Contemporary Leadership Theories. In: Erçetin, Ş., Banerjee, S. (eds) Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2013. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09710-7_29
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