Investigating The Effect Of Leader- Member Exchange On Follower's Implicit Followership Theories

Mohammadzadeh, Zahra; Amini, Alireza

Document Type : Descriptive

Authors

Zahra Mohammadzadeh ¹
Alireza Amini ²

¹ Asistant Professor, Dep. Business Management,Binaloud Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

² Asistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management & Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

"Implicit Followership Theories" is a developing issue in organizational behavior which is considered as the linkage between followership and cognition issues. Exploration and the typology of follower's perspectives and views about different dimensions of their role as a follower, which are known as follower's "implicit followership theories" is the purpose of present paper. For this purpose, using purposeful sampling method, 14 employees of 14 large organizations from different industries in Mashhad were selected. To obtain the required data, semi-structured interviews were conducted until theoretical saturation was reached. Reliability of findings was also confirmed. The resulting data was analyzed using "conventional content analysis". A total of 589 codes were located in 17 items of implicit theories. Items consisted five factors of the positive features(prototypes) of followership role. Identified prototypes included "Constructive perception of work", "Job competencies", "Mighty arm of leader", "Moral virtues" and "Initiation" which present a more comprehensive perspective on followership.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2322522.1396.5.0.18.0

Main Subjects

Public Management

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Public Organizations Management

Investigating The Effect Of Leader- Member Exchange On Follower's Implicit Followership Theories

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Volume 5, Issue 2
April 2017
Pages 31-42

Investigating The Effect Of Leader- Member Exchange On Follower's Implicit Followership Theories

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Volume 5, Issue 2April 2017Pages 31-42

Volume 5, Issue 2
April 2017
Pages 31-42