Abstract
This paper explores the impact of charismatic leadership on employees’ perceptions of justice in organizations in times of organizational crisis and change. Using House’s (1977) framework, a model is developed linking key charismatic leadership behaviors to distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. The contextual role of culture is considered as a key contingency variable in the model, taking into account the different effects of charisma across individualistic and collectivistic cultural values. The proposed relationships have important implications for managers and leaders of multinational corporations who must motivate and inspire organizational members across national cultures during times of increased environmental uncertainty and trepidation in today’s globalized business environment.