Exam 12: Followership

Brandon is a volunteer leader on his church's human relations committee which is charged to oversee staff job performance.Over the past year,Brandon has watched the senior pastor make selfish decisions,spread ill-will about the music leaders,and demand that education groups read only certain books.Brandon is very uncomfortable with the pastor's behaviors,but when it comes time for his committee to submit an annual evaluation of the senior pastor,Brandon gives the pastor a glowing report.Brandon is likely falling prey to which psychological factor that make him susceptible to dysfunctional leadership?

President Obama brought on Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff due to his aggressive style and ability to be an agent of change.Emanuel supported Obama and his policies and oftentimes acted on his own accord to shake things up.During this time,Emanuel would best be classified under Kellerman's typology as what kind of follower?

The approach to followership offered by Chaleff ______.

The leader-centric orientation of our world is considered ______.

Joshua is a member of a local nonprofit organization that works to beautify the community.He often has excuses for not coming to events and when he does come,he keeps to himself and complains to others around him about how he has a better way of doing things.According to Kelley's followership typology,Joshua can best be described as ______.

What conditions will it take for research on followership to become as popular as research on leadership? Consider global,cultural,or societal conditions.

Chaleff's follower style called "partner" is most similar to ______.

Which of the following leader characteristics is a variable in Uhl-Bein's theoretical model of followership?

Jacki works as a corporate engagement specialist at an exclusive art gallery.She reports to Sean,the executive director who is a renowned artist and well-recognized in the community.For years,Sean been sexually harassing the women who work at the gallery.Jacki has suffered the treatment for a long time while promoting the gallery and increasing its funding.One day Sean's behavior goes beyond what Jacki can handle so,despite how uncomfortable she is with the risk,she reports him to the board.Jacki is overcoming which psychological factor that makes people susceptible to dysfunctional leaders?

In the relational-based approach to followership ______.

The literature on followership offers elegant theories of how the followership process works.

According to Carsten and colleagues,proactive followers ______.

An awards committee contacted Robin,the head coach of a collegiate sports team,to let her know she had been selected for a top honor due to the winning record her team posted this season.Robin told the committee she was uncomfortable accepting the award and instead asked if her whole team could be awarded the honor instead.Robin deeply understands which of Carsten and colleagues' perspectives on followers?

In Zaleznik's typology of followers,follower behaviors can be charted along which two scales?

The study of followership is meant to ______.

Chaleff argues that followers ______.

Kellerman's typology identifies ______ levels of follower behaviors.

Think of a workplace or organization within which you have been a follower recently.Using one of the followership typologies from the text and its associated dimensions,name what type of follower you are.Use examples of your behavior and a leader's behavior to support your claim.

The followership approach is both descriptive and prescriptive in nature.

Effective followers recognize their relative powerlessness but do not let that prevent them from challenging a leader when necessary.