The transformational influence of authentic leadership on followers in early career relationships

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Abstract

This chapter presents an interpretative study investigating how followers determine the authenticity of their leaders in the context of their formative managerial work relationships. The findings indicate that working for an authentic leader at an early career stage has a positive and enduring impact on followers’ own leadership identities and behavioural preferences throughout their ensuing employment. The study also identifies that, within these early career relationships, authentic leadership is perceived as a more flexible construct than is suggested by current theory. These formative perceptions are oriented more around the leader’s ethical, prosocial, and sometimes maverick behaviours, which have a life-enhancing impact on followers by legitimising their own subsequent self-expression and non-conformity at work.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAuthentic leadership and followership
Subtitle of host publicationInternational perspectives
EditorsDorianne Cotter-Lockard
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Chapter7
Pages167-192
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9783319653075
ISBN (Print)9783319653068
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NamePalgrave studies in leadership and followership
PublisherSpringer

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