The
Leader-Follower's Mutual Effect: Developing a Performance-Maintenance
Interactional Model
M. Hafsi & J. Misumi |
The
present study investigates experimentally the relationship between
leadership and followership within the context of PM Leadership Theory.
Since performance and maintenance are group and not only leader's
functions, subordinates are also supposed to fulfil these two functions.
Using PM scale, we can, thus, determine 4 possible followership types
(P, M, PM, and pm-types). The present study compares 9 types of PM
leadership-followership (L-F) dyads in terms of (quantitative and
qualitative) performance, and group morale, using 27 (9 x 3) groups
of 4 members (1 leader and 3 subordinates) each. The results indicated
that leadership effectiveness was function of followership type.
Furthermore, our findings showed that, as hypothesized, the PM-PM
dyad type had the highest performance and morale scores. This has
led us to refine the existing model concerning the effectiveness
of PM leadership, proposing an interactional PM model.
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