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- How Team Members’ Transformational Leadership and Effective Followership Work During Team InteractionsAlegbeleye, Ibukun; Kaufman, Eric K. (Wiley, 2022-08-18)In the current study, a mixed-method research design was used to explore how teammembers’ transformational leadership and effective followership relate to teamworkquality. Data were collected from 10 student project teams (N [team] = 10; N[individual] = 84 team members) in a leadership class at a large-sized publicuniversity in the United States. As a follow-up, focus group interviews were conductedwith two teams (n = 13 team members) to explore how team members’transformational leadership and effective followership work during team interactions.Correlation results showed that team members’ transformational leadership waspositively related to teamwork quality (r = 0.84, p < 0.01). In the qualitative phase,findings showed that the team exhibiting centralized transformational leadership alsoexhibited passive team followership and low-quality teamwork. Low-quality teamworkwas described as social loafing and polarization. In contrast, the team exhibitingshared transformational leadership also exhibited proactive team followership andhigh-quality teamwork. High-quality teamwork was described as conflict resolution andteam synergy. The findings have important implications for leaders, followers,leadership educators, teams, organizations, and researchers.
- Reconceptualizing Followership Identity: A Useful Guide for Leadership EducatorsAlegbeleye, Ibukun; Kaufman, Eric K. (North American Business Press, 2019-12-30)Research into followership is becoming increasingly popular, however, many have claimed that followership is not a genuine field of inquiry as there is a lack of follower self-identity. As a result, some have gone as far as to suggest that followership should be left unexplored. In this paper, we have addressed the issue of lack of follower self-identity while arguing for the legitimacy of followership. We prescribe new ways of approaching followership, examine how these new approaches fit within the modern discourses of leadership and recommend how leadership educators should incorporate followership into their academic programs. The review has important implications for leaders, followers, leadership educators, organizations, and researchers.