Prof. Micha Popper

Department of Psychology

University of Haifa

Professor Emeritus

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

PhD, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

MA, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Research Interests

Leadership

Leadership Development

Dynamics of Leader- Followers’ Relationship

Followership and Learning Processes in Organizations

Publications (Selected）

1. Shalit, A, Popper, M, Zakay, D (2010). Followers’ attachment styles and their preference for social or personal charismatic leaders. Leadership and Organizational Development Journal 31, 5 458-472.
2. Popper, M. (2011). Toward a theory of followership. Review of General Psychology, 15, 1, 29-36. 
3. Popper, M. (2013). Leaders perceived as distant or close: Some implications for psychological theory on leadership. Leadership Quarterly, 24, pp, 1-8.
4. Popper, M. (2013). Toward a theory of attraction of followers to leaders. Megamot (Hebrew) October 49 (mem-tet), pp., 257-271.
5. Popper, M (2016). Followership, deity and leadership. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour   46, 2,211-228.
6. Amit, K., Riss, a, Popper, M. (2016).  The Role of leadership in the migration decision-making process. Journal of immigration and refugee studies. (Published on line, April)
7. Eilam – Shamir, G., Kark, R., Popper, M. (2017). Boas Shamir:  The person, his impact and legacy. Leadership Quarterly, 28,563-577.
8. Castelnovo, O, Popper, M., Koren, D. (2017). The innate code of charisma. Leadership Quarterly, 28, 543-554.
9. Popper, M., Castelnovo, O. (2017). The psycho-evolutionary aspect in electing political leaders. Hamerchav Hatzibury, 12, 117-132. (Hebrew)
10. Popper, M., Castelnovo, O. (2018). The function of great leaders in human culture: A cultural- evolutionary perspective. Leadership, 14, 6,757-774.
11. Kollnescher, E., Popper, M., Ronen, B. (2018). Value creating organizational leadership. Journal of Management and Organization. 24, 1, 19-39.
12. Mayseless, O., Popper, M: (2019). Attachment and leadership: Review and new insights. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, pp 157-171.
13. Asher, D., Popper. M. (2019). Tacit knowledge as a multilayer phenomenon: the ‘onion model’. The Learning Organization 3,
14. Popper. & Castelnovo, O. (2019). The primary foundations of followership. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 49, 3, 348-358.
15. Popper, M. (2021). Distinctions and affinities between leadership emergence and leadership effectiveness. Frontiers in Psychology Aug ,21 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624377
16. Asher. D., & Popper, M. (Aug 2021). Eliciting tacit knowledge in professions based on interpersonal interaction. The Learning Organization DOI 10.1108/TLO-03-2021-0035
17. Castelnovo, O., Popper, M., Koren . (2023). The foundation of trust and its connection to leadership, charisma attributions, self-efficacy, and motivation. International Journal of Leadership in Education. DOI 10.1080/13603124.2023.2298206
18. Popper, M. (2025). The evolutionary and cultural origins of followers' attraction to leaders. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. DOI:10.1111/jtsb.70003

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