Non-standard employment and leadership research

On consequences for conceptualizing the leader–follower relationship

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12882804
AutoresIngo Winkler (0000-0002-9849-2781, University of Southern Denmark, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume7
Fascículo4
Páginas499-511
Data de publicação2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLeadership (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1742-7150 • E-ISSN: 1742-7169
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1742715011417496
OpenAlexW2083310929
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas53

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