The following expert defined charisma as "the ability of a leader to exercise diffuse and intense influence over the beliefs, values, behavior, and performance of others through his/her own behavior, beliefs, and personal example":
A) Max Weber in 2011
B) James McGregor Burns in 1811
C) Robert House in 1977
D) Abraham Zaleznik in 1742

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Robert House defined charisma in his 1977 Path-Goal Theory of Leadership as "the ability of a leader to exercise diffuse and intense influence over the beliefs, values, behavior, and performance of others through his/her own behavior, beliefs, and personal example". Max Weber is often credited with first introducing the concept of charisma in his 1922 book "Economy and Society", while James McGregor Burns is known for his work on transformational leadership and Abraham Zaleznik was a psychoanalyst who wrote about leadership in the 1970s.

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