Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2011
Abstract
Leadership has been studied by a myriad of scholars in the 20th and 21st centuries. One recent stream of research focuses on the followers of leaders. Today, followership is recognized as a construct that has value, and there is a broad call for additional research in this area (Gardner et al., 2005; Howell and Shamir, 2005.) In this study, the authors propose hypotheses that focus on followers and on their adoption of characteristics that are leader-like. The central thesis in this study is that followers have the ability to share roles with leaders. To test that thesis, a model is presented of specific leader and follower behaviors that (a) are thought to be related and overlapping, and (b) are relevant to role-sharing. Borrowing from prior work in which role sharing has been discussed, this study presents hypotheses and findings from analysis of field survey data collected from employees in healthcare organizations.
Repository Citation
Baker, Susan D.; Mathis, Christopher J.; and Stites-Doe, Susan, "An Exploratory Study Investigating Leader and Follower Characteristics at U.S. Healthcare Organizations" (2011). Business-Economics Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bus_facpub/8
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Originally published:
Journal Of Managerial Issues,
Reposted with their permission.
Comments
Acknowledgements: This research is supported in part by funds from the Morgan State University Office of Faculty Professional Development under a Title III Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The authors would also like to acknowledge the helpful feedback of Bienvenido S. Cortes and two anonymous reviewers.