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How we change what others think, feel, believe and do
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How we change what others think, feel, believe and do |
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Zaleznik's follower typology
Disciplines > Leadership > Followership > Zaleznik's follower typology Impulsive | Compulsive | Masochistic | Withdrawn | See also
Harvard professor Abraham Zaleznik described an early model of followership, base on the two dimensions of submission vs. control and activity vs. passivity. These were based in Zaleznik's Freudian perspective. Controlling followers want to control their superiors, whilst submissive followers want to be told what to do. Active followers initiate and intrude, whilst passive ones sit back and let things happen.
ImpulsiveImpulsive followers are often rebellious, trying to lead whilst being led.
They are sometimes spontaneous and CompulsiveCompulsive followers want to dominate their leaders, but hold themselves back. They typically feel guilty about their compulsive tendencies. MasochisticMasochistic want to submit to the control of the authority figure, even though they feel discomfort in doing so. In this way they gain pleasure from being dominated. WithdrawnWithdrawn followers care very little or not at all about what happens at work and consequently take little part in work activities other than doing the minimum necessary to keep their jobs. See alsoZaleznik, A. (1965), The Dynamics of Subordinacy, Harvard Business Review, May-Jun 1965
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