Through controlled experiments, our lab investigates how charisma influences individuals and groups, using psychophysiological and behavioral measures. For example, we examine whether charisma affects followers’ physiological arousal and whether their physiological responses become synchronized after exposure to charismatic leadership.

References:

Milstein, N., Halali, E., Murray, M., & Antonakis, J. (2025). Charisma Cascades: Imitation and Physiological Arousal. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium.‏

Milstein, N., Halali, E., Murray, M., & Antonakis, J. (2025). Charisma: Behavioral and physiological insights. Academy of Management Proceedings.‏

Milstein, N., Gordon, I., & Berson, Y. (2025). Lability and Interactive EDA Predict Leadership Emergence. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Tomashin, A., Gordon, I., Leonardi, G., Berson, Y., Milstein, N., Ziegler, M., ... & Wallot, S. (2024). Lagged multidimensional recurrence quantification analysis for determining leader–follower relationships within multidimensional time series. Psychological Methods

Milstein, N., Halali, E., Murray, M., & Antonakis, J. (2024). Charisma begets charisma. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium

Milstein, N. (2022). Group physiological synchrony and performance: The moderating role of leader justice and future directions [Doctoral dissertation, Bar-Ilan University]. ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372412176

Milstein, N., & Gordon, I. (2021). Physiological synchrony and newly-formed groups’ outcomes: The moderating effects of leader justice. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), 14406. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.14406abstract

Milstein, N., Cropanzano, R., Balthazard, P., Berka, C., Berson, Y., Blader, S., Goldstein, A., Gordon, I., Hannah, S. T., Maak, T., Maja, M., Pless, N. M., Richardson, T., Waldman, D. A., & Wang, D. (2021). Leadership and team processes: A neuroscience perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), 13752. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.13752abstract

Milstein, N., Andrus, J., & Wang, D. (2020). A biological perspective to leadership and team processes. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 17684. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.17684abstract