After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is leadership? What is followership? What do we know about leader-follower relationships? What do we mean by leadership as a collective process? | Chapter 13 The Leadership Process Leadership springs from relationships 1 Chapter 13 Study Questions What is leadership? What is followership? What do we know about leader-follower relationships? What do we mean by leadership as a collective process? Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-2 2 What is leadership? Leadership An influence process generated in and from combined acts of leading (influencing) and following (deferring) as social agents work together to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-3 3 Figure The role of “willing followership” in leadership. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-4 4 What is leadership? Formal leadership Exerted by persons appointed (or elected) to positions of formal authority in organizations. Informal leadership Exerted by persons who become influential because they have special skills that meet the resource needs of others. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, | Chapter 13 The Leadership Process Leadership springs from relationships 1 Chapter 13 Study Questions What is leadership? What is followership? What do we know about leader-follower relationships? What do we mean by leadership as a collective process? Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-2 2 What is leadership? Leadership An influence process generated in and from combined acts of leading (influencing) and following (deferring) as social agents work together to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-3 3 Figure The role of “willing followership” in leadership. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-4 4 What is leadership? Formal leadership Exerted by persons appointed (or elected) to positions of formal authority in organizations. Informal leadership Exerted by persons who become influential because they have special skills that meet the resource needs of others. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-5 5 What is leadership? Upward Leadership Occurs when leaders within the organization influence those at higher levels in ways that create change. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-6 6 What is leadership? Leadership as Social Construction Socially Constructed Leadership is constructed and produced in social and relational interactions among people acting in context. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-7 7 What is leadership? Leadership as Identity Construction Identity Construction Process This process involves individuals negotiating identities as leaders and followers. Claiming refers to actions people take to assert their identity as a leader or follower. Granting refers to actions people take to bestow an identity of a leader or follower onto another person. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-8 8 Figure DeRue and Ashford Leadership Identity Construction Process Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 13-9 9 What is leadership? Motivation to
