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Leadership as Relationship
Author(s) -
POPPER MICHA
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-8308.2004.00238.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , epistemology , psychology , leadership studies , sociology , social psychology , leadership style , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
The article reviews the various ramifications in the discussion on leadership, focusing on the view of leadership as relationships between leaders and followers. Three main types of leader‐follower relations are discussed, and their specific characteristics are described: regressive relations, symbolic relations, and developmental relations. After analyzing the major implications, as well as the conceptual limitations, of these perspectives, the article suggests directions for a more integrative conceptualization of leader‐follower relations.