Exploring the 'Flip Side' of the Coin: Do Authentic Leaders Need Authentic Followers?
Document Type
Book Chapter
Department
Drucker School of Management (CGU)
Publication Date
2014
Disciplines
Leadership Studies
Abstract
Leadership has been written about and studied for centuries, more often than not addressing how those in leadership roles influence their followers. This represents a very leader-centric view of the leadership phenomenon, where followers are considered as passive recipients of leaders' influence. However, people's attempts to exercise leadership cannot be successful if there are no other people who recognize and support their leadership. In other words, effective leadership cannot exist without some form of followership - this book re-casts the 'follower' role in a more favourable and productive light.
Rights Information
© 2014 Emerald Group Publishing
Recommended Citation
Rodgers, R. K., & Bligh, M. C. (2014). Exploring the 'Flip Side' of the Coin: Do Authentic Leaders Need Authentic Followers? In Carsten, M. K., & Lapierre, L. M. (Eds.), Followership. Emerald Group Publishing.
