Followership Behavior and Leaders’ Trust: Do Political Skills Matter?
The study aims to examine the process and contingency to explain the relationship between follower’s proactive behavior and leader’s trust. Trust has been identified as one of the most critical elements of the high-quality relationship between a follower and leader and considered as a key bouleva...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johar Education Society
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jespk.net/publications/387.pdf |
| Summary: | The study aims to examine the process and contingency to explain the relationship
between follower’s proactive behavior and leader’s trust. Trust has been identified as one
of the most critical elements of the high-quality relationship between a follower and
leader and considered as a key boulevard through which followers can impact the
behavior of their leaders. In this cross-sectional study, data is collected from leaders and
followers (dyads) of a large corporation by conducting two self-administered surveys.
Findings suggest that the proactive followers are more trustworthy in the eyes of their
leaders. Perceived follower support plays a mediating role in this process. Further, we
find that political skill of followers moderates this relationship. The study has significant
implications for followership research, extending the comprehension about follower
characteristics’ effect on their behaviors and leaders perception. We contribute to
followership literature by empirically validating the practices that help in trust building
on followers providing a framework to practitioners for trust-building and empowering
scholars for further identification of followers’ behaviors and traits that can construct
leaders’ trust. The study indirectly expands the leadership literature and provides help to
understand the leadership in the context of followership. These findings are useful for
followers, leaders and for individuals who are involved in their development and training
and invest and train employees for effective followership behavior. By improving the
followership skills of employees advance the effective leadership outcome ultimately,
therefore organizational improvement can be increased. |
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| ISSN: | 1997-8553 2309-8619 |