Non-standard employment and leadership research

On consequences for conceptualizing the leader–follower relationship

Bibliographic Data

ID12882804
AuthorsIngo Winkler (0000-0002-9849-2781, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume7
Issue4
Pages499-511
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeadership (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1742-7150 • E-ISSN: 1742-7169
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1742715011417496
OpenAlexW2083310929
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited53

The article argues that non-standard employees (NSEs) perceive the employee–employer relationship and hence the leader–follower relationship differently, when compared to workers in standard employment contracts. It highlights relevant differences between employees in flexible employment contracts and standard employees. It seeks to demonstrate that the emerging NSE-follower has consequences for leadership research. Perhaps the most important ramification is that the implicit assumptions in conceptualizing the ‘typical’ leader–follower relationship may no longer be suitable, facing today's workplace reality. In this sense, in order to take the present and continuous changes in the workforce seriously the concepts and theories used in leadership research need to be rethought

Business · Leadership · Leadership style · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring · Psychology · Social Psychology