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followership, n.
Brit. |ˈfɒləʊəʃɪp|, U.S. |ˈfɑloʊərˌʃɪp|
[‹ follower n. + -ship suffix, after leadership n.]
A group of followers or supporters, a following. Also: the act of following or supporting. Opposed to leadership.
1913Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 12 Feb. 6/1 We seem now to have another school of public men who do not put their ambitions to the hazard of leadership, but have developed a followership and profess exact knowledge of what ‘the people’ want. 1949J. Chesky et al. Desert People App. 257 Being victimized seems to play a very important role and to be an indispensable device in assuring close followership in militantly sociocentric groups. 1971W. Lazer Marketing Managem. i. ii. 40 There are problems of determining the proper amount of structure, centralized or decentralized authority, strategies of leadership or followership, and organizational change and growth. 1992Pittsburgh Nov. 99/1 There are two key parts to exemplary followership. One is independent critical thinking; the second is active engagement. 2006N.Y. Times Mag. 11 June 18 In a way, we have the wrong leadership. But we also have the wrong followership. People don't care about the truth. |