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Followership Identity Work.

Rachael Thompson¹

¹Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University (UK).

New Directions for Student Leadership

|August 25, 2020

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This chapter introduces a process for developing follower identity, integrating concepts of identity and followership. It aims to help students understand and cultivate their own followership identities, similar to leadership development.

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Area of Science:

Organizational Behavior
Social Psychology

Background:

Followership and identity are increasingly recognized as critical areas of study.
Existing research often treats leadership and followership development separately.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel process for follower identity development.
To integrate the concepts of identity and followership in academic discourse.
To aid students in connecting with and developing their followership identities.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis integrating theories of identity development.
Exploration of the parallels between leadership and followership identity formation.

Main Results:

A structured process for understanding and cultivating follower identity is proposed.
The interconnectedness of leadership and followership identities is highlighted.

Conclusions:

Developing follower identity is crucial for individual and organizational effectiveness.
This work provides a framework to support students' followership identity development alongside leadership identity.