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.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. Students should describe a scenario that highlights their follower role in a specific organizational context. Within the example, they should describe both the leader’s behavior and their own behaviors. Students should choose one of the major typologies in the text (Zaleznik’s, Kelley’s, Chaleff’s, or Kellerman’s) and match the behaviors they described to the associated follower types. The appropriate dimensions (axes) should be somehow described in their answer (e.g., if choosing Kelley, the student’s answer should include their level of passivity/activity and dependence/independence; likewise for the other typologies).

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