Followership is following and obeying the leader. It also means having the capability to follow the leader and to be willing to follow a leader.
Why does followership have negative connotations?
For some people being a follower and going through the process of followership is negative to them. Some people see leadership as more compelling than following. Leaders are also always the center of attention. Leadership skills tend to be looked up to more than people being able to follow someone.
What is the ethical dimension of followership?
This is like leadership because followership is not amoral. This means that it is not a process that is morally neutral. Followership makes you look at the responsibilities to consider the morality of one’s actions and the rightness and wrongness of them.
Distinguish between role-based and relational-based perspectives of followership.
Role based narrows down into what the followers regard is to the typical role or behaviors of a formal or informal position in a hierarchical system. Relational- based perspectives of followership are based on social constructivism, that is a theory that argues people create meaning about their reality when they interact with one another.
What is a typology?
This is a type of classification according to the general type. This enhances our understanding of the broader area of followership because it breaks it down into smaller pieces.
Describe the two axes of the Zaleznik Follower Typology. What do they measure?
Zaleznik Follower Typology had two axes of Dominance- Submission and Activity- Passivity. Vertical axis represents the range of the followers who want to control their leader and who do not. Horizontal axis represents a range of followers who want to initiate and be involved, and goes to those who do not want to do that.
Describe the two axes of the Kelley Follower Typology. What do they measure?
The two axes are independent critical thinking -dependent uncritical thinking and active –passive. They measure self-manage and think for themselves, exercise control and independence, and work without supervision, they show strong commitment on an organizational level, build their competence and master job skills and they are also credible, ethical and courageous.
How does Chaleff’s Follower Typology differ from Zaleznik’s and Kelley’s?
Chaleff’s Follower Typology focused more on resource, individualist, implementer, partner, and diehard. He developed his because he wanted to show how important the followers are in the leadership process.
Explain the five levels of engagement in Kellerman’s Follower Typology.
There are five levels of engagement in Kellerman’s Follower Typology, they are isolates, bystanders, participants, activists, and diehards. Isolates are completely unengaged and are not attached to their leaders. They strengthen the influence potential of the leader because they don’t do anything. Bystanders are observers and do not participate. They are aware of their leader’s intentions but choose to do nothing. Participants are somewhat engaged in the individuals and are willing to talk about issues that may come up. Activists are people who feel strongly about their leader’s policies and they act on their own beliefs. Diehards are engaged to the extreme, they are committed to supporting their leader or the opposite of that, opposing their leader’s ideology and actions.
Explain the relationship between the variables in Table 12.2.
This shows the most recognized followership typology. Kelly said that the followers are valuable to the organizations and the power they hold normally goes unrecognized. He emphasizes the stress and importance of studying followers and the leadership process and gave importance of studying followers in the leadership process and also gave impetus to the development of the field of followership.
What is the “reversing the lens” approach to studying followership?
The “reversing the lens” approach to studying followership means that you are looking at it from a different perspective. You are changing your outlook on this by metaphorically flipping the lens to look at the picture in a different way.
How is leadership cocreated, according to Uhl-Bien and her colleagues?
Leadership is cocreated, according to Uhl-Bien and her colleagues by communication between the leaders and the followers. They stress that they interplay between the following and the leader. They do not focus on the roles but they focus on the interpersonal process and the one person’s attempt to influence other people’s responses.
How can followers effectively challenge leaders?
Followers can effectively challenge leaders by informing them when they make mistakes or if they are out of line. This will help the leaders stay on track and not stray to what they should not be doing. Followers can also effectively challenge leaders by asking them questions and holding a higher standard for their leaders.
How does unhealthy followership occur, according to Lipman-Blumen?
An unhealthy followership occurs, according to Lipman-Blumen when leaders are given power or a position for not a finite number of terms. She stated that endless power corrupts endlessly. She also said that the tenure of leaders should be limited to stop this from happening.