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Question: In relation to the focus and study of leadership, followership is a relatively new research area. Two of the main names associated with the study of followership are Robert E. Kelly (The Power of Followership, Doubleday, 1992) and Ira Chaleff (The Courageous Follower, Berret-Koehler, 2003). Kelley's model describes followers on two continuums, their relative strength of independent/critical thinking versus active engagement. Scoring these two continuums provides 5 different result areas (alienated followers, passive followers, pragmatist followers, conformist followers, and exemplary followers). According to Kelley, "Followers determine not only if someone will be accepted as a leader but also if that leader will be effective" (p. 13 - See below link).
We had to read Kelley, R. E. (1988). In Praise of Followers. Harvard Business Review, 66(6), 142-148.
After completing the readings and watching the video, we had to read the Followership Questionnare (Kelley, 1992).
After I complete Kelley's followership Questionnaire contains 20 questions answered on a (0 - 6) point Likert scale anchored by 'Rarely' and 'Almost Always', my SCORES are "Independent Thinking Items = 47 and my "Active Engagement Items = 54
As a response to the above SCORES, how might one think of a typical situation in which one were a follower, (not how one might wish they were) according to Kelley's questionaire SCORES provided above?
How might one describe a followership situation, thier mapped results, the outcomes of that situation, and any other relevant followership information?