International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 4

Relationship between leadership style and followership style

  • Author:
  • Anubha Walia, Rashmi Bansal, Sanjiv Mittal
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 170 to 181

*Research Scholar, IGNOU

**School of Management Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

***Dean, Department of Indra Prastha University, New Delhi, India

Online published on 23 July, 2015.

Abstract

A study was conducted to measure the relationship between leadership styles and followership style (i.e. Independent thinking and Active Engagement) using 79 usable questionnaires obtained from employees who are working in Delhi NCR, showed important findings by using Pearson Correlation analysis: first, the most preferred style of leadership is Participative leadership style; second, Exemplary style of followership is most preferred followership style; third, Participative leadership is not significantly correlated with Independent & Critical thinking.

Keywords

Participative leadership, Followership style, Active engagement, Independent thinking