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focus on followership (for an example related to higher education see Kellerman, 2008). Even within the described structures (i.e., military, business, culture), there is still scant research on followership which unsurprisingly results in virtually no research on followership in K-12 educational settings.
Followership. Followership are the actions of someone in a subordinate role. It may also be considered as particular services that can help the leader, a role within a hierarchical organization, a social construct that is integral to the leadership process, or the behaviors engaged in while interacting with leaders in an effort to meet ...
research about followership. Kelley (1992) emphasized the need to pay attention to followers and that followership is worthy of its own distinct research. According to Kelley (1992), conversations about leadership should include followership because leaders neither exist nor act in a vacuum without followers.
The dynamic between leadership and followership is important, yet historically in education, only leadership has seen emphasis and examination. Followership in itself is not a new concept because virtually every individual spends more time in the role of follower than leader and there have been both leaders and followers throughout the course of history.
Followership is a complex phenomenon, which has multiple definitions and differing opinions. Often, the definition of followership is constructed in terms relating to the leader in the study or the organization as a whole. The term “follower” is often accompanied by negative connotations.
The purpose of this paper is to define leadership through "followership." The paper begins by defining "leader,""follower," and "symbiosis." It explores: what followers do; what followers want; and what followers and leaders expect from each other.
But followership seems to be leadership's forgotten companion, ignored, an embarrassment. It is true that dissent is an important element of followership and leadership. But the ethics of followership can only be understood if the 'direction of support' is recognised (leaders care for the led) and accepted by nominal leaders and nominal followers.
spective on followership by drawing on international data to identify how followership is experienced in relation to leadership. Championing the role of the follower has its challenges, for the term itself retains “connotations of subordination, submission, passivity, and lack of control” (Bligh, 2011, p. 433).