Abstract Charismatic leadership was argued in lots of research, however, we never clearly know whether it is beneficial to performance. Using Metaanalysis, we conducted a qualitative review on the literatures of the relationship between charismatic leadership and performance in individual, group, and organization level. A 12933 sample included in 53 valuable papers was selected through literature search, the analysis on which showed that: charismatic leadership is positively related to each level of performance; the relationship between charismatic leadership and organization performance is the highest, followed by group performance and individual performance ; the measurement of charismatic leadership and regional culture moderateds the relationship between charismatic leadership and individual performance. The direction of further studying charismatic leadership was discussed as well.
2015, Vol. 12 
