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Join us for this innovative symposium!
Many managers in organizations serve concomitantly as a leader to some (e.g. their employees), and a follower to others (e.g. their boss). However how they deal with the complexities and challenges arising from this predicament is largely understudied. Come and explore different perspectives on how this phenomenon can be investigated and illuminated further.
Session Type: Symposium
Program Session: 688 | Submission: 10618 | Sponsor(s): (OB, AAT)
Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 6 2017 2:00PM - 3:30PM at Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Inman | | | At the Interface of Leader and Follower. Serving as a Leader to Some and a Follower to Others
Serving as Leader and Follower |
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Organizer: Zahira Jaser, City U. London
Organizer: Melissa Carsten, Winthrop U.
Presenter: Mary Uhl-Bien, Texas Christian U.
Presenter: Michelle Bligh, Claremont Graduate U.
Presenter: Olga Epitropaki, Durham U.
Presenter: Zahira Jaser, City U. London |
| Advances in leadership research and practice have prompted new ways of thinking about leadership and followership. Indeed, some of these emerging perspectives are built on the notion that leadership and followership are more fluid in nature, and that a single person can find themselves practicing leadership in one situation and followership in another, in concert. While theory exists to help us understand how leadership and followership can be co-constructed , many questions remain regarding the complexities and challenges individuals face when they are serving concomitantly as a leader to some and a follower to others. For example, how does one individual juggle the dual identity of leader and follower? How does one create plausibility of meanings between their own leaders and followers? And what are the consequences of incompatible constructions of leadership and followership? This panel symposium brings together four researchers to begin addressing these questions. Each panelist brings a different perspective and theoretical background to help define the dualities of serving as leader and follower, and speak to the challenges of co- constructing leadership and followership from the perspective of middle managers. By sharing their work and theoretical perspectives, our panelists will engage the audience in discussion around this important and understudied area of leadership. |
Zahira Jaser | Visiting Lecturer and PhD Candidate Cass Business School | City University London 106 Bunhill Row | London EC1Y 8TZ | United Kingdom M +44 (0)7801652018 E zahira.jaser@cass.city.ac.uk W www.cass.city.ac.uk