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Mats Alvesson

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Portrait of Mats Alvesson. Photo.

Leadership On Demand: Followers as initiators and inhibitors of managerial leadership

Author

  • Martin Blom
  • Mats Alvesson

Summary, in English

A key aspect of leadership is the followers’ constructions of its value and relevance. Based on two empirical, qualitative case studies, this paper highlights the importance of the ‘demand’ for leadership when leader–follower relationships are established. We further discuss how followers influence, inhibit and initiate managerial leadership (i.e. leadership acts from their formal superior targeting themselves), and suggest ‘Leadership On Demand’ as a useful metaphor when trying to conceptualize the leader–follower dynamics in our study.

Department/s

  • Department of Business Administration

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

344-357

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volume

30

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Leadership
  • Followership
  • Social construction
  • Qualitative research

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0956-5221