Event Title
Poster: Conductors, Charisma, and the Affective Communication Test
Location
Moakley Atrium
Start Time
9-5-2012 3:45 PM
End Time
9-5-2012 5:00 PM
Description
This presentation will reveal information and open discussion based on the results of a study of ensemble conductors (N = 96) taking the Affective Communication Test (ACT) of nonverbal expressivity or charisma. Results indicate that conductors fall into two ‘clusters’ of charisma scores – those who appear to be lower (p = .13) than the general population norm and those scoring significantly (p < .01) higher than the norm. Further analyses revealed a trend that men scored higher on the ACT than women (p = .17) but there were no differences in scores between conductors of choirs, orchestras, and wind bands in the sample (p = .43). There also appears to be a weak, yet significant, trend (r = .28, p < .01) for conductors with higher scores to believe more strongly in the importance of a conductor’s charisma.
Poster: Conductors, Charisma, and the Affective Communication Test
Moakley Atrium
This presentation will reveal information and open discussion based on the results of a study of ensemble conductors (N = 96) taking the Affective Communication Test (ACT) of nonverbal expressivity or charisma. Results indicate that conductors fall into two ‘clusters’ of charisma scores – those who appear to be lower (p = .13) than the general population norm and those scoring significantly (p < .01) higher than the norm. Further analyses revealed a trend that men scored higher on the ACT than women (p = .17) but there were no differences in scores between conductors of choirs, orchestras, and wind bands in the sample (p = .43). There also appears to be a weak, yet significant, trend (r = .28, p < .01) for conductors with higher scores to believe more strongly in the importance of a conductor’s charisma.