TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract For the past several decades, the field of global leadership has made noteworthy theoretical and empirical progress. The role of a global follower, however, has not been addressed to date. This chapter focuses on global followers and global followership as vital elements of a global leadership process supporting a traditional followership view that “leadership can only occur if there is followership” (Uhl-Bien, Riggio, Lowe, & Carsten, 2014, p. 83). Two assumptions ground the arguments: global leaders and global followers are engaged in a partnering process of global leadership, and followers and global followers have distinctive characteristics influenced by their specific environments. To explore those assumptions, we start by introducing the followership theory and relevant followership characteristics. Subsequently, we address the role of context in global leader–follower dynamics, extrapolate global followership characteristics from relevant multidisciplinary literature, and offer an example of a global leader–follower partnership. Next, we examine mentions of global followers and global followership in academic and nonacademic literature, and define a global followership construct. The conceptual framework, global followership model, research agenda, and practical implications conclude the manuscript.
VL  - 9
SN  - 978-1-78635-138-8, 978-1-78635-137-1/1535-1203
DO  - 10.1108/S1535-120320160000009013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320160000009013
AU  - Tolstikov-Mast Yulia
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Global Followership: The Launch of the Scholarly Journey
T2  - Advances in Global Leadership
T3  - Advances in Global Leadership
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 107
EP  - 150
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -