Follower–Centered Perspectives on Leadership – A Tribute to the Memory of James…

Follower-Centered Perspectives on LeadershipA Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl\nAuthor(s): Boas Shamir, Rajnandini Pillai, Michelle C. Bligh, Mary Uhl-Bien\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781593115487, 978-1593115487\nSynopsis\nThe majority of leadership theories and studies have tended to emphasize the personal background, personality traits, perceptions, and actions of leaders. From this perspective, the followers have been viewed as recipients or moderators of the leader's influence, and as vehicles for the actualization of the leader's vision, mission or goals. One of the major challengers of this dominant view was the late James R. Meindl. As an alternative to the leader-centric perspective on leadership, Meindl offered a follower-centric approach that views both leadership and its consequences as largely constructed by followers and hence influenced by followers' cognitive processes and .