The missing link: Studying political leadership from the followers’ perspective

Metz, Rudolf

doi:10.1177/02633957211056227

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“…Despite the growing influence of these political couples, political leadership studies remain overly one leader-centric (Metz, 2021). This translates into one fact: little is known about voters' preferences for duos.…”

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Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

López Ortega

2023

European Union Politics

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In Europe, more and more parties and governments are led by a pair of leaders. What consequences does the presence of duos have on voter preferences? I argue that voters have less discriminatory preferences against untraditional candidates when they choose two leaders instead of only one. However, discriminatory preferences do not entirely vanish; rather, traditionally excluded candidates are often relegated to secondary positions, and there exists a certain threshold of tolerated ticket diversity. Through a novel combined conjoint experiment, I find relative support for this conjecture, especially in the case of ethnic minority candidates. In view of the increasing number of new types of leadership, the results of this study have important implications for the study of political behaviour and elite diversity.

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Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

López Ortega

2023

European Union Politics

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“…First, applying charisma and influence attribution measurements may help political scientists explore the complex links between citizens and politicians, especially in populist and personalised politics. Although the literature of political cognition has previously made attempts to involve the citizen's perspectives, underlining that the leader's personality traits play a crucial role in organising information and evaluating candidates, it lacks an adequate, coherent, and theoretically grounded conceptual and methodological framework (Metz, 2021). A follower-centric approach to leadership can fill this conceptual void.…”

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An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership

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Plesz

2023

Leadership

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While scholarship often assumes that strong leaders and charismatic leadership play an important role in the emergence of populist politics, research has missed a closer exploration of charisma attribution to populists. Addressing this charismatic leadership hypothesis requires populism and charisma to be analysed from the followers’ perspective. This article takes a unique look at the social-psychological dynamics behind populism. Using quantitative survey data that was collected from Hungarian voters ( N = 1200), this article examines the relationship between populist attitudes as follower characteristics in modern politics and charisma attribution. To reveal how a populist worldview can affect the follower’s expectations and perceptions, we break charisma attribution down into three phases: (1) the general hunger for charisma (the romance of leadership); (2) perceptions of charismatic behaviour of the top candidates in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections (i.e., Viktor Orbán and Péter Márki-Zay); and (3) emotional attachment to these leaders. Our findings show that populism makes people more hungry for charisma and more sensitive to recognising charismatic behaviour but does not necessarily create an emotional bond with specific leaders. This article also sheds light on some directions of future research to explore other distinctive characteristics of populist followers that can influence social constructions of charismatic leadership. The limitations and implications are also discussed.

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Followership role orientations in clothing factories: a lower-level managers’ perspective

Kotsev

2024

RJTA

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore three dimensions (initiative, conformity and distance) of followership role orientation among lower-level managers in apparel factories, and second, to examine to what extent these orientations are influenced by the position held and the tasks performed. Design/methodology/approach Pragmatism is selected as the research philosophy and a quantitative research design is adopted. Empirical data is obtained through a combination of exploratory and descriptive research strategies. The research was conducted in eight Bulgarian enterprises, and 219 managers took part in it. Findings Lower-level managers in clothing factories indicate low-to-moderate initiative orientation, moderate-to-high conformity orientation and low-to-moderate distance orientation. It is found that the position held and tasks performed influence the followership role orientations of lower-level managers. The influence is most significant regarding the conformity orientation – foremen and storekeepers show moderate-to-high conformity, QC supervisors are neutral and technologists express low-to-moderate conformity. Originality/value This paper is the first to study the followership role orientations of lower-level managers in apparel manufacturers. A unique combination of dimensions is used to measure follower orientations and a new assessment tool is described and validated. Thus, the study fills a significant gap in followership theory and enriches the practical toolkit for managing employee relations in clothing factories.

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The missing link: Studying political leadership from the followers’ perspective

Cited by 4 publications

References 91 publications

Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

An insatiable hunger for charisma? A follower-centric analysis of populism and charismatic leadership

Followership role orientations in clothing factories: a lower-level managers’ perspective

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