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Leader Cults

Leader Cults is a sociopolitical phenomenon in which a political leader is elevated to a near-mythical status through systematic propaganda, institutionalized veneration, and symbolic representation, distinguishing it from other forms of authoritarian governance by its emphasis on the leader's exceptionalism, infallibility, and sacred-like authority within nationalist ideologies.

26

Publications

925

Citations

29

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Cult Of Personality

Parents

Publications

26

Charismatic Leadership and Corporate Cultism at Enron: The Elimination of Dissent, the Promotion of Conformity and Organizational Collapse

Dennis Tourish, Naheed Vatcha · Leadership · 2005 · 171 citations · Full text

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The Actual Gujarat Model: Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Hindu Nationalism and Populism in the Time of Modi

Nikita Sud · Journal of Contemporary Asia · 2020 · 90 citations

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School leadership and the cult of the guru: the neo-Taylorism of Hattie

Scott Eacott · School Leadership and Management · 2017 · 73 citations

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Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader. By Geremie R. Barmé. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1996. xii, 321 pp. $62.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Lucian W. Pye · The Journal of Asian Studies · 1997 · 65 citations

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Putin, Putiniana and the Question of a Post-Soviet Cult of Personality

Julie A. Cassiday, Emily D. Johnson · The Slavonic and East European Review · 2010 · 60 citations

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Authors

29

  1. LO
    Len Oakes

    University of Puget Sound, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  2. AB
    Archie Brown

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 24 citations

    2

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  3. BS
    Bert Spector

    Northeastern University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. ED
    Emily D. Johnson

    Duke University, United States

    1 publications · 60 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. HH
    Heidi Hein

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

19

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  2. American University in Cairo

    Cairo, Egypt

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  3. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  5. University of Arkansas at Monticello

    Monticello, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  6. University of Puget Sound

    Tacoma, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions

    TMPR · 3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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  2. Politics Religion & Ideology

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  3. Leadership

    2 publications · 185 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 30 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. The Slavic and East European Journal

    SEEJ · 1 publications · 19 citations

    1

    h-index

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