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Followership
(Kellerman, 2008) How followers are creating change and changing leaders
Term: Leader Attribution Error |
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| Assumption that team leaders, rather than members, deserve credit for successes |
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Followership
Kellerman 2008
Term: Followers |
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| Those who have less power, authority, and influence than their superiors and therefore generally fall into line |
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Kellerman 2008
Four types of followers |
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Bystanders
Participants
Activists
Diehards |
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Kellerman 2008
Bystanders |
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Problematic because they do nothing
Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" |
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Kellerman 2008
Participants |
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Who leaders want
The provide everyday energy that makes for a good organization
They can potentially undermine their leaders in small but potentially significant ways
Generally supportive, but can go their own way
All prove the importance of those other than at the top. |
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Feel strongly about their leaders and act accordingly, for good or bad
The resources they invest are not easy to come by
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Total dedication
willing to risk life and limb
Example: The Military |
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Kellerman 2008
Good vs. Bad Followers |
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Distinguishes means and ends
Good = support good leadership and oppose bad
Bad = do nothing, or support bad leadership and thwart good |
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Kellerman 2008
Called for transformation |
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Realize followers more important to leaders than the reverse
Emphasize follower-education as well as leadership-education |
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Chaleff 2003
The courageous follower: Standing up to and for our leaders
Leader-follower relationship |
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| build around pursuit of common purpose and core values |
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Chaleff 2003
Purpose/values structure allows followers the courage for . . . |
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assume responsibility
serve
challnge
participate in transformation
take moral action |
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Followership
Castiglione (1516) Book of the Courtier |
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Earn the favor of your prince so that you may always tell him the truth about everything without fear or risk
From Chaleff 2003 |
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| Difficult for charismatic leaders |
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