Course Name:MSE 7000 Advance Topics in Engineering Management Chapter-7: Being Both Leaders and Followers: Advancing a Model of Leader and Follower Role Switching Describe a system for leader and follower exchange. In working on the project for this class, how do you envision yourself sometimes leading others and sometimes following others throughout the course period? Do you think your team will identify leaders and followers on a more formal or more informal basis? In what way could project roles be formally established in your project? What kind of role structure would you recommend?

Chapter 7 Being Both Leaders and Followers: Advancing a Model of Leader and Follower Role Switching Thomas Sy and Tara Mccoy Abstract We propose a novel construct on Leader-Follower Switching (LFS). We delineate the key theoretical tenets of LFS. First, LFS is predicated on the pre- mise that individuals possess schemas for leader and follower roles (Le., implicit theories of leadership and followership) and role switching involve the activa- tion of these schemes. Second, LFS may be a function of individual differences Le., the four LFS styles: (ie., Dynamism, Leader-Stasis. Follower-Stasis. and Capsulation) and context (e.g.. contextual cues trigger leader and follower schemas). Third. LFS encompasses behavioral enactment (ie.. individuals behaviorally enact the leader or follower roles that are mentally activated) that is caplained by the Perception-Behavior Link. Fourth, LFS processes can operate in controlled (conscious) or automatic (preconscious) fashion. Having explicated the theoretical foundation of LFS, we propose an agenda for future research. focusing on assessment, antecedents (e g.. leader and follower experi- ences, implicit theories of leadership and followership, organizational hicrar- chy. and culture). and outcomes (e.g.. job satisfaction, relationship quality, and leadership effectiveness) of LFS. Keywords: Leadership; followership: roles; switching; styles Imagine yourself at work talking with your supervisor, How do you see your role in this situation. as a follower? Now. imagine that you are talking with an employee you recently hired. How do you see your role in this situation, as a leader? A collea- gue recently described a similar common occurrence at work; she said. "During the same shift. when I am training newly hired employees. I take on the role of a leader although I am not officially in a managerial role. Then, when I interact with my Followership What Is It and Why Do People Follow! Captricht 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limlied All rights of reproduction in any form reserved ISAN: 978-1-79350-515-9