Transformational leadership and followers’ enrollment: An overtime investigation of a non-hierarchical organizing

Valérie Hauch () and Sabrina Loufrani ()
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Valérie Hauch: GRM - Groupe de Recherche en Management - EA 4711 - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
Sabrina Loufrani: GRM - Groupe de Recherche en Management - EA 4711 - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: This paper is aimed at providing a better understanding of the transformational leadership process by answering the following question: How are followers of transformational leadership enrolled during a non-hierarchical organizing? More specifically, in a context of non-hierarchical organizing, how does role-taking of followers operate in relation to transformational leadership? Which mechanisms underly followers' enrollment overtime? To answer our questions, we conducted a longitudinal single case study of a French SME digital services company, Aepsilon, whose founding leader and CEO initiated a transformation by deciding to ‘liberate' the company, without hierarchy or managerial control. Our main contribution to the literature about transformational leadership is threefold. First, we bring new knowledge about followers' enrollment of transformational leadership in the context of non-hierarchical organizing, depending on whether the role is played for oneself or for others. Second, we highlight mechanisms underlying followers' enrollment and their activation in the context studied. Finally, thanks to the longitudinal case study of Aepsilon, our research offers also empirical evidence for regarding follower transformation overtime.

Keywords: Transformational leadership; Followers' enrollment; Organizing beyond hierarchy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-07-04
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Published in 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, University of Milano-Bicocca, Jul 2024, Milan, Italy

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