Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective
<p>The study explores followership resilience in three Bulgarian municipalities. Its purpose is twofold: first, to draw the attention of researchers and managers on followership resilience, and second, to explore proactivity and trust as factors of followership resilience in administrative st...
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Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
2021-12-01
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| description | <p>The study explores followership resilience in three Bulgarian municipalities. Its purpose is twofold: first, to draw the attention of researchers and managers on followership resilience, and second, to explore proactivity and trust as factors of followership resilience in administrative structures. The study is based on a qualitative approach, and uses a combination of two research strategies – exploratory and descriptive. Data is collected through semi-structured interviews with a sample of 35 municipal employees (10.2% from the general population). Followership resilience is analyzed by means of followers’ psychological readiness to participate in the decision-making process and to trust superiors. Four types of followers are identified and strengths and weaknesses of each type are discussed. The preference of the majority of interviewees (69%) to follow instructions and not to trust leaders is interpreted. It is concluded that the formula for successful followership resilience in terms of proactivity and trust involves achieving balance and coherence.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-830ba33ddf9e406bb86b3b59ec9c3c172025-02-26T12:09:40ZengBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452021-12-0117SI375310.24193/tras.SI2021.3713Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New PerspectiveEmil Kotsev0Associate professor, Department of Business Development and Innovations, Faculty of Business and Management, University of Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria<p>The study explores followership resilience in three Bulgarian municipalities. Its purpose is twofold: first, to draw the attention of researchers and managers on followership resilience, and second, to explore proactivity and trust as factors of followership resilience in administrative structures. The study is based on a qualitative approach, and uses a combination of two research strategies – exploratory and descriptive. Data is collected through semi-structured interviews with a sample of 35 municipal employees (10.2% from the general population). Followership resilience is analyzed by means of followers’ psychological readiness to participate in the decision-making process and to trust superiors. Four types of followers are identified and strengths and weaknesses of each type are discussed. The preference of the majority of interviewees (69%) to follow instructions and not to trust leaders is interpreted. It is concluded that the formula for successful followership resilience in terms of proactivity and trust involves achieving balance and coherence.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/680followerfollowership resiliencepro¬activitytrustadministrative structurepublic administration. |
| spellingShingle | Emil Kotsev Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences follower followership resilience pro¬activity trust administrative structure public administration. |
| title | Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective |
| title_full | Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective |
| title_short | Followership Resilience in Administrative Structures: A New Perspective |
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| topic | follower followership resilience pro¬activity trust administrative structure public administration. |
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