The Romance of Leadership: Rekindling the fire through replication of Meindl and Ehrlich. Leadership Quarterly (Study1 /2 /3 /4)

Reference for full paper:

Hammond, M., Schyns, B. Vogelgesang, G., Thomas, J. S. & Clapp-Smith, R (accepted). The Romance of Leadership: Rekindling the fire through replication of Meindl and Ehrlich. Leadership Quarterly (Special Issue on Replication and Rigorous Retesting of Leadership Studies.)

Replication of Meindl & Ehrlich (1987) study 1 (close replication, using MBA students from US universities)

Replication Hypothesis 1: Individuals presented with leadership-attributed causal accounts will evaluate firm performance more favorably in terms of a) profitability, b) risk, c) overall performance, and d) positivity than when the same performance outcomes are attributed to non-leadership factors.

Hypothesis 2a: In success conditions, firm performance evaluations will be rated more positively in the male leader-conditions than female leader- conditions, and both of which are more positive than market conditions.
Hypothesis 2b: In failure conditions, firm performance evaluations will be rated more negatively for the female leader-conditions than male leader-conditions, both of which are more negative than market conditions.

Hypothesis 3a: In success conditions, firm performance evaluations and behavioral intentions will be rated more positively in the male leader-conditions than female leader- conditions, and both of which are more positive than market conditions.
Hypothesis 3b: In failure conditions, firm performance evaluations and behavioral intentions will be rated more negatively for the female leader-conditions than male leader-conditions, both of which are more negative than market conditions.