What do you think of followers? Examining the content, structure, and consequences of implicit followership theories

By Thomas Sy. 2010

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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At What Level (and in Whom) We Trust (2012, background): “Interestingly, trust in leaders is also higher when a subordinate fits a leader’s follower prototype, presumably because the leader would trust the prototypical followers more (Sy, 2010).”
Implicit Leadership and Followership Theories “in the wild”: Taking stock of information-processing approaches to leadership and followership in organizational settings (2013, background): “In addition to Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) research that spans over 30 years, a new and exciting field that also adopts an information-processing perspective has emerged, that of Implicit Followership Theories (IFTs, Shondrick & Lord, 2010; Sy, 2010).”
Servant leadership and employee outcomes: the moderating role of subordinates’ motives (2016, background): “These categorizations serve as shortcuts, in line with the long established view of individuals as “cognitive misers” (Fiske, 1980), whereby employees make judgments and evaluations, through a process of automatic and spontaneous categorization against pre-established prototypes of leaders (Shondric”
Creative Leadership: A Multi-Context Conceptualization† (2015, background): “, 2002) highlighted the importance of creative thinking skills for creative leadership; on the other hand, studies of ILTs and Implicit Followership Theories (IFTs) have revealed a striking absence of the trait “creative” from existing lists of ILTs and IFTs (e.g. Offermann et al., 1994; Sy, 2010).”
Revisiting followership through a social identity perspective: the role of collective follower emotion and action (2013, background): “Indeed, as implied by implicit followership theory (IFT; Shondrick & Lord, 2010; Sy, 2010), leaders' perceptions of follower prototypicality may serve as a moderator of the process whereby leaders perceive and act towards followers deemed to be prototypical representatives of group ideals.”
Romancing leadership: Past, present, and future ☆ (2011, background): “More recently, Sy (2010) defines implicit followership theories (IFTs) as individuals' personal assumptions about the traits and behaviors that characterize followers.”
Leader perceptions and motivation as outcomes of followership role orientation and behavior (2018, background): “While attempts are being made to rectify this problem (Collinson, 2006; Dasborough et al., 2009; Howell and Shamir, 2005; Kark and Van Dijk, 2007; Leroy et al., 2015; Sy, 2010), empirical investigation of followership—the nature and impact of followers and following in the leadership process (Uhl-Bi”
Followership theory: A review and research agenda ☆ (2014, background): “However, despite the abundance of investigations into leadership in organizational studies (Yukl, 2012), until recently little attention has been paid to followership in leadership research (Baker, 2007; Bligh, 2011; Carsten, Uhl-Bien, West, Patera, & McGregor, 2010; Kelley, 2008; Sy, 2010).”