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  • 1.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-27-2006 12:53
    Greetings,
     
    I will be teaching a small groups course in a couple of months (for undergraduate adult, working students).  When we study leadership, I would also like to include the role of followers from two perspectives:  1) that they are important to the group's success, and 2) that they will typically  serve as leaders to portions of the task or group process.  I know I studied this years ago, but I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with appropriate articles.
     
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Polly Silva
    Organizational Learning


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  • 2.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-27-2006 13:35
    One classic is Kelley's article, In praise of followers. It was originally
    published in the Harvard Business Review, Nov.-Dec. 1988, but I know they
    reprinted it in 2001 or so.

    Pat


  • 3.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-27-2006 13:49
    Polly et al.,
     
    I used a terrific book several years ago in my leadership class: The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and
    For Our Leaders by Ira Chaleff (1995), San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler.  While it doesn't focus specifically on team member roles, I think it would be great background for dealing with many follower issues.  The six chapters cover dynamics of the leader-follower relationship, the courage to assume responsibility, the courage to serve, the courage to challenge, the courage to participate in transformation, and the courage to leave.
     
    Good luck with your course.
     
    Sandra Morgan
    Dept. of Management and Marketing
    Barney School of Business
    University of Hartford
    860-768-4974
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: P. Silva
    Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:52 PM
    Subject: resources on followers

    Greetings,
     
    I will be teaching a small groups course in a couple of months (for undergraduate adult, working students).  When we study leadership, I would also like to include the role of followers from two perspectives:  1) that they are important to the group's success, and 2) that they will typically  serve as leaders to portions of the task or group process.  I know I studied this years ago, but I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with appropriate articles.
     
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Polly Silva
    Organizational Learning


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  • 4.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-27-2006 15:39
    Seen this?

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids==12932213
    Also available at http://www.nupr.neu.edu/7-03/boss.pdf




    Quoting "P. Silva" <orglrn@YAHOO.COM>:

    > Greetings,
    >
    > I will be teaching a small groups course in a couple of months (for
    > undergraduate adult, working students). When we study leadership, I would
    > also like to include the role of followers from two perspectives: 1) that
    > they are important to the group's success, and 2) that they will typically
    > serve as leaders to portions of the task or group process. I know I studied
    > this years ago, but I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with appropriate
    > articles.
    >
    > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    >
    > Polly Silva
    > Organizational Learning
    >
    >
    > ---------------------------------
    > Do you Yahoo!?
    > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.


  • 5.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-27-2006 20:36
    Hi Polly,
    Reproduced below are some references from an honours thesis on Followership written by my undergrad student.
    Cheers,
    Samir

    Blackshear, PB , 2003, ‘The followership continuum: a model for increasing organizational productivity’, Public Manager, Vol. 32, Iss. 2, pp. 25-30.

    Chaleff, I 1995, The courageous follower: standing up to and for our leaders, Berrett-Koehler publishers, San Francisco.

    Densten, IL & Gray, JH 2001, The links between followership and the experiential learning model: followership coming of age, Journal of Leadership Studies, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, pp. 69-77

    Dixon, G & Westbrook, J 2003, Followers Revealed, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 15, Iss. 1, pp. 19-26.

    Farling, ML, Stone GA & Winston, BE 1999, Servant leadership: setting the stage for empirical research, Journal of Leadership Studies, Vol. 6. Iss. 1, pp. 49-72.

    Gabarro & Kotter 1980, Managing your boss: a compatible relationship with your superior is essential to being effective in your job, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 58, Iss.1, pp.92-100.

    Goffee, R & Jones, G 2001, Followership: It’s personal too, Harvard Business Review, Vol.79, Iss.11, p.148.

    Gronn, P 2002, Distributed leadership as a unit of analysis, Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pp. 423–52.

    Howell, JM & Shamir, B 2005, The role of followers in the charismatic leadership process: relationships and their consequences, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp.96-112.

    Jablin, FM 1979, ‘Superior-subordinate communication: the state of the art, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 86, Iss. 6, pp. 1201-1222.

    Jones, R & Kriflik, G 2006, Subordinate expectations of leaderhsip within a cleaned-up bureaucracy: a grounded theory study, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp.154-172.

    Kelley, R 1992, The power of followership: How to create leaders people want to follow and followers who lead themselves, Doubleday Currency, New York.

    Kelley, RE 1998, ‘In Praise of Followers’, Harvard Business Review, November-December. Vol. 66 Iss. 6, pp. 142-149.

    Kleinsmith, SL, Everts-Rogers, S 2000, The art of followership, School Administrator, Vol. 57, Iss. 8, p. 35.

    Lassiter, D 2003, ‘Follower partnership: it’s a new day’, Leadership Advantage, viewed 08 May 2005, http://www.leadershipadvantage.com/leaderFollowerPartnership.shtml

    Latour, SM & Rast, VJ 2004, ‘Dynamic followership’, Air & Space Power Journal, Vol. 18, Iss. 4, pp. 102-111.

    Litzinger, W & Schaefer, T 1982, Leadership through followership, Business Horizons, Vol. 25, Iss. 5, pp. 78-82.

    Lundin, SC & Lancaster, LC 1990, Beyond leadership...the importance of followership, The Futurist, Vol. 24, Iss. 3, pp. 18-23.

    Meindl, JR 1995, The romance of leadership as a follower-centric theory: a social constructionist approach, Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 6 No.3, pp.329-41

    Pettitt, MA & Dunlap, JH 1995, Followership and leadership in the cockpit, The CRM advocate, Vol. 95, Iss.3, pp. 1-5.

    Schriesheim, CA & Hinkin, TR 1990, Influence tactics used by subordinates: a theoretical and empirical analysis and refinement of the Kipnis, Schmidt, and Wilkinson subscales, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 75, Iss. 3, pp. 246-257.

    Steger, JA, Manners, GE & Zimmerer, TW 1982, Following the leader: how to link management style to subordinate personalities, Management Review, Vol. 71, Iss. 10, pp. 1-10.

    Wayne, SJ & Ferris, GR 1990, Influence tactics, affect, and exchange quality in supervisor-subordinate interactions: A laboratory experiment and field study, Journal of Applied psychology, Vol. 75, Iss. 5, pp. 487-499.

    Yukl, G & Tracey, JB 1992, Consequences of influence tactics used with subordinates, peers, and the boss, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 77, Iss. 4, pp. 525-535.

    ***********************************


    ==========================
    "We know too little to be dogmatists and too much to be sceptics" -- Pascal

    Samir Shrivastava
    Lecturer, Faculty of Business & Enterprise
    Swinburne University of Technology
    John5350 (work)
    Fax: + 61 3 98192117
    Web: http://www.swin.edu.au/business/stafflist/staff/sshrivastava.html
    ==========================
    >>> Sandra Morgan <morgan@HARTFORD.EDU> 28/09/06 3:49 AM >>>
    Polly et al.,

    I used a terrific book several years ago in my leadership class: The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and
    For Our Leaders by Ira Chaleff (1995), San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler. While it doesn't focus specifically on team member roles, I think it would be great background for dealing with many follower issues. The six chapters cover dynamics of the leader-follower relationship, the courage to assume responsibility, the courage to serve, the courage to challenge, the courage to participate in transformation, and the courage to leave.

    Good luck with your course.

    Sandra Morgan
    Dept. of Management and Marketing
    Barney School of Business
    University of Hartford
    860-768-4974
    morgan@hartford.edu
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: P. Silva
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:52 PM
    Subject: resources on followers


    Greetings,

    I will be teaching a small groups course in a couple of months (for undergraduate adult, working students). When we study leadership, I would also like to include the role of followers from two perspectives: 1) that they are important to the group's success, and 2) that they will typically serve as leaders to portions of the task or group process. I know I studied this years ago, but I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with appropriate articles.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Polly Silva
    Organizational Learning


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  • 6.  resources on followers

    Posted 09-29-2006 16:05
    Greetings,
     
    Thanks to all who have provided references to articles and books.  This looks like a great selection; I look forward to reviewing them.
     
    Best,
    Polly Silva

    Samir Shrivastava <sshrivastava@GROUPWISE.SWIN.EDU.AU> wrote:
    Hi Polly,
    Reproduced below are some references from an honours thesis on Followership written by my undergrad student.
    Cheers,
    Samir

    Blackshear, PB , 2003, ‘The followership continuum: a model for increasing organizational productivity’, Public Manager, Vol. 32, Iss. 2, pp. 25-30.

    Chaleff, I 1995, The courageous follower: standing up to and for our leaders, Berrett-Koehler publishers, San Francisco.

    Densten, IL & Gray, JH 2001, The links between followership and the experiential learning model: followership coming of age, Journal of Leadership Studies, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, pp. 69-77

    Dixon, G & Westbrook, J 2003, Followers Revealed, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 15, Iss. 1, pp. 19-26.

    Farling, ML, Stone GA & Winston, BE 1999, Servant leadership: setting the stage for empirical research, Journal of Leadership Studies, Vol. 6. Iss. 1, pp. 49-72.

    Gabarro & Kotter 1980, Managing your boss: a compatible relationship with your superior is essential to being effective in your job, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 58, Iss.1, pp.92-100.

    Goffee, R & Jones, G 2001, Followership: It’s personal too, Harvard Business Review, Vol.79, Iss.11, p.148.

    Gronn, P 2002, Distributed leadership as a unit of analysis, Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pp. 423–52.

    Howell, JM & Shamir, B 2005, The role of followers in the charismatic leadership process: relationships and their consequences, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp.96-112.

    Jablin, FM 1979, ‘Superior-subordinate communication: the state of the art, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 86, Iss. 6, pp. 1201-1222.

    Jones, R & Kriflik, G 2006, Subordinate expectations of leaderhsip within a cleaned-up bureaucracy: a grounded theory study, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp.154-172.

    Kelley, R 1992, The power of followership: How to create leaders people want to follow and followers who lead themselves, Doubleday Currency, New York.

    Kelley, RE 1998, ‘In Praise of Followers’, Harvard Business Review, November-December. Vol. 66 Iss. 6, pp. 142-149.

    Kleinsmith, SL, Everts-Rogers, S 2000, The art of followership, School Administrator, Vol. 57, Iss. 8, p. 35.

    Lassiter, D 2003, ‘Follower partnership: it’s a new day’, Leadership Advantage, viewed 08 May 2005, http://www.leadershipadvantage.com/leaderFollowerPartnership.shtml

    Latour, SM & Rast, VJ 2004, ‘Dynamic followership’, Air & Space Power Journal, Vol. 18, Iss. 4, pp. 102-111.

    Litzinger, W & Schaefer, T 1982, Leadership through followership, Business Horizons, Vol. 25, Iss. 5, pp. 78-82.

    Lundin, SC & Lancaster, LC 1990, Beyond leadership...the importance of followership, The Futurist, Vol. 24, Iss. 3, pp. 18-23.

    Meindl, JR 1995, The romance of leadership as a follower-centric theory: a social constructionist approach, Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 6 No.3, pp.329-41

    Pettitt, MA & Dunlap, JH 1995, Followership and leadership in the cockpit, The CRM advocate, Vol. 95, Iss.3, pp. 1-5.

    Schriesheim, CA & Hinkin, TR 1990, Influence tactics used by subordinates: a theoretical and empirical analysis and refinement of the Kipnis, Schmidt, and Wilkinson subscales, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 75, Iss. 3, pp. 246-257.

    Steger, JA, Manners, GE & Zimmerer, TW 1982, Following the leader: how to link management style to subordinate personalities, Management Review, Vol. 71, Iss. 10, pp. 1-10.

    Wayne, SJ & Ferris, GR 1990, Influence tactics, affect, and exchange quality in supervisor-subordinate interactions: A laboratory experiment and field study, Journal of Applied psychology, Vol. 75, Iss. 5, pp. 487-499.

    Yukl, G & Tracey, JB 1992, Consequences of influence tactics used with subordinates, peers, and the boss, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 77, Iss. 4, pp. 525-535.

    ***********************************


    ==========================
    "We know too little to be dogmatists and too much to be sceptics" -- Pascal

    Samir Shrivastava
    Lecturer, Faculty of Business & Enterprise
    Swinburne University of Technology
    John5350 (work)
    Fax: + 61 3 98192117
    Web: http://www.swin.edu.au/business/stafflist/staff/sshrivastava.html
    ==========================
    >>> Sandra Morgan <morgan@hartford.edu>28/09/06 3:49 AM >>>
    Polly et al.,

    I used a terrific book several years ago in my leadership class: The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and
    For Our Leaders by Ira Chaleff (1995), San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler. While it doesn't focus specifically on team member roles, I think it would be great background for dealing with many follower issues. The six chapters cover dynamics of the leader-follower relationship, the courage to assume responsibility, the courage to serve, the courage to challenge, the courage to participate in transformation, and the courage to leave.

    Good luck with your course.

    Sandra Morgan
    Dept. of Management and Marketing
    Barney School of Business
    University of Hartford
    860-768-4974
    morgan@hartford.edu
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: P. Silva
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:52 PM
    Subject: resources on followers


    Greetings,

    I will be teaching a small groups course in a couple of months (for undergraduate adult, working students). When we study leadership, I would also like to include the role of followers from two perspectives: 1) that they are important to the group's success, and 2) that they will typically serve as leaders to portions of the task or group process. I know I studied this years ago, but I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with appropriate articles.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Polly Silva
    Organizational Learning


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    Education is only the beginning.
    Let's get on with it.

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    NOTICE
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