Dr. Maike Kugler shares her research on followership as voluntariness, a specific way of understanding followership behavior. She also speaks on the need to both expand and deepen followership research to account for a wide range of cultural contexts, variations of language and meaning, and relational dynamics, in order to fully understand the phenomenon of followership in organizations and beyond.
- “[Followership] is not something that’s defined in a book, but it’s something that happens between people. It’s a social thing. So it really depends on the expectations that both parties have.”
- “Followership in one situation can be different than followership in another situation.”
- “Culture and context are most underrated in current followership research.”
- “I’d like to see articles that define what followership means in that article, a wider range of methods, more exploration of foundational understanding, and all of that in a more context and cultural sensitive mindset.”
Episode References
"The (In)voluntary follower," Martin Blom and Mikael Lundgren https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1742715019888078
"Following the beaten paths: a systematic literature review of followership behavior," Maike Kugler and Ruth Sims
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jmd-10-2024-0359/full/html
S1 E4 – Influence of Followership Behaviors on Organizational Success - Ruth Sims
https://leadfollow.buzzsprout.com/1735834/episodes/8516582-influence-of-followership-behaviors-on-organizational-success-ruth-sims
S3 E6 - The 4 Tiers of Followership - Eric McDermott
https://leadfollow.buzzsprout.com/1735834/episodes/15254928-the-4-tiers-of-followership-eric-mcdermott
Connect with Maike Kugler
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-maike-kugler
University profile: https://www.ehip.eu/hochschule/team/professoren/prof-dr-maike-kugler/
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https://www.sharnafabiano.com
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https://www.amazon.com/Lead-Follow-Dance-Inspired-Teamwork/dp/1646632796/
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