Title
The Leader-Follower Relationship and How it Relates to Employees' Perception of their Own Leadership
Date of Award
5-2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dianne Daniels
Second Advisor
Tim Eades
Third Advisor
Jeffrey S. Williamson
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Discovery
Abstract
Organizations are dealing with many challenges in this rapidly changing
complex environment that impedes upon their abilities to sustain and maintain a
competitive advantage. These organizations have come to understand that
excellent leadership is imperative to their existence in an ever changing and
unpredictable world. This study is to assist in providing strategies for institutions
to address the leadership crisis by developing the next generations of leaders
within the organization. This quantitative correlational study was designed to
determine if the leader-follower relationship has an affect on the development of
leadership qualities in the follower, as well exploring the follower’s leadership
perception among job classification groups. The study surveyed employees at a
medium sized university in the Midwest. A pre-selected group of employees
(followers) were invited to measure their relationship with their supervisor
(leaders) through the Leader Member Exchange (LMX-7) assessment, as well as
evaluate their own leadership perception through the Leadership Self-Identity
Scale (LSI). The study showed a weak positive relationship between the two
variables (LMX7 & LSI), but the correlation is not statistically significant. In
addition, there was no significant difference between the LMX7 scores among the
three job classification groups. This study has implications for follower leadership
development research that can aid organizations in cultivating the next generation
of leaders.
Recommended Citation
Payne, Pamela A., "The Leader-Follower Relationship and How it Relates to Employees' Perception of their Own Leadership" (2015). Ed.D. Dissertations. 85.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/edd_diss/85
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Comments
Ed.D. dissertation completed in 2015 for Olivet Nazarene University.