An Examination of Followership Traits in Iranian Small Firm Performance

The purpose of this quantitative research was to determine if there is a significant relationship between followership roles in relation to levels of organization performance by using followership traits. Surveys were completed by 208 employees from different kind of organization, which included th...

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Main Author:	Aliabadizadeh, Sara
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Language:	eng eng
Published:	2009
Subjects:	HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness.
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description	The purpose of this quantitative research was to determine if there is a significant relationship between followership roles in relation to levels of organization performance by using followership traits. Surveys were completed by 208 employees from different kind of organization, which included the completion of the related questionnaire designed with four parts. First part is related to organization performance, second part is about followership specific roles, third part is about holistic personality type and the last part related to the power of followership. This research provided findings indicating that a significant positive relationship exists between followership roles and the organization performance. Of specific interest is the effect witnessed between the followership role and followership traits with higher reported levels of organization performance.By knowledge of dispersal of data which is gathered from questionnaire it is possible to analysis the data with correlations and multiple regression method.Based on the current study's findings, organizational structures that are designed to enhance followership, especially as it relates to helping followers achieve exemplary status, might be expected to promote higher levels of organization performance. Suggestions concerning further research on the subject of followership are offered.
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title	An Examination of Followership Traits in Iranian Small Firm Performance
title_short	An Examination of Followership Traits in Iranian Small Firm Performance
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spelling	my-uum-etd.18772022-04-21T03:32:34Z An Examination of Followership Traits in Iranian Small Firm Performance 2009 Aliabadizadeh, Sara College of Business (COB) College of Business HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. The purpose of this quantitative research was to determine if there is a significant relationship between followership roles in relation to levels of organization performance by using followership traits. Surveys were completed by 208 employees from different kind of organization, which included the completion of the related questionnaire designed with four parts. First part is related to organization performance, second part is about followership specific roles, third part is about holistic personality type and the last part related to the power of followership. This research provided findings indicating that a significant positive relationship exists between followership roles and the organization performance. Of specific interest is the effect witnessed between the followership role and followership traits with higher reported levels of organization performance.By knowledge of dispersal of data which is gathered from questionnaire it is possible to analysis the data with correlations and multiple regression method.Based on the current study's findings, organizational structures that are designed to enhance followership, especially as it relates to helping followers achieve exemplary status, might be expected to promote higher levels of organization performance. Suggestions concerning further research on the subject of followership are offered. 2009 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1877/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1877/1/Sara_Aliabadizadeh.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/1877/2/1.Sara_Aliabadizadeh.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Aamodt, M. (2007). Industrial/Organizational psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, CA:Thomson.Adair, R. (2008). 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