Open AccessFollower Effects In The Visionary Leadership Process
Author(s) -
Sooksan Kantabutra,
Gayle C. Avery
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of business and economics research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8893
pISSN - 1542-4448
DOI - 10.19030/jber.v4i5.2665
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , span (engineering) , psychology , literature , art , engineering , structural engineering
T his study examined relationships between followers’ use of their leader’s vision and their own emotional commitment to the vision, and associated organizational performance in retail stores, exploring the rarely investigated follower role in a visionary leadership process. Findings endorse the importance of vision guiding and emotional commitment to a vision. Both were significantly associated with organizational performance, although emotional commitment was more important.