Looking beyond the leader in leadership

Martin Sposato, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Abstract

This article, which is based on a literature review, aims to present followership theory as a complement to the study of leadership. It first presents some common limitations of existing leadership theories and then suggests integrating followership theory into them to gain a more comprehensive understanding of leadership in organisations. Next, followership theory and its main characteristics are discussed. Finally, the article makes an original contribution by explaining how followership theory can be integrated into prominent leadership theories and showing how it can help advance leadership and organisational studies.

ISSN

1741-1009

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Volume

17

Issue

4

First Page

356

Last Page

361

Disciplines

Business

Keywords

followers, followership, followership theory, leadership

Scopus ID

85198075309

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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