followership
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈfɑloʊərʃɪp/
- Jargon
- Major ideas participants indicated they had learned about leadership and leaders included: leadership is followership, the importance of teamwork, trust, and risk-taking.
- the practice of followership
- good followership
- leadership and followership
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Watch on YouTubeAnd not to belabor the Marine point, but you know, Marines, when they evaluate their leaders, they're looking for good leadership and good followership.
- And not to belabor the Marine point, but you know, Marines, when they evaluate their leaders, they're looking for good leadership and good followership.
- And not to belabour the Marine point, but you know, Marines when they evaluate their leaders, they're looking for good leadership and good followership.
- Benefits to followership also include lesser of reputational costs from not achieving group goals.
Examples
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"Surrogate behavior is manifested through promoting the leader, defending the leader, and modeling followership. Leader promotion publicizes the accomplishments.
Blog text (7) -
At the beginning of the 1990s, interscholastic sport was plagued with decision-making problems that reflect in part the moral fiber of sport leadership as well as followership.
Academic text (1998) -
Benefits to followership also include lesser of reputational costs from not achieving group goals.
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However, it has been largely argued that the core of leadership is followership and there can be no leaders without followers (Collinson, 2006).
Academic text (2018) -
This concept of followership is perfectly demonstrated in the video, "First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy" (view the accessible YouTube version here).
Blog text (3) -
Setgiovanni (1992) suggests that the practice of followership provides the basis for leadership and that leaders play a vital stewardship or servanthood role.
Academic text (1999) -
Good followership is essential for a team to achieve its goals effectively.
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In effective organizations, followership encourages members to actively support their leaders.
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The success of any movement often depends on the commitment and followership of its supporters.
Synonyms
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1.3
Strong and lasting support for a person, group, or idea
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5.6
Strong support for a group, person, or country
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6.3
Following rules or beliefs closely
A person's willingness to follow rules and fit into a group
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Followership is made from follow ('to go after or support') and the ending -ship (like in leadership or friendship), which turns a word into a name for a quality or skill. So, followership means the quality or skill of supporting and following a leader.