The Future of Followership: Unveiling the Power of Those Who Lead from Behind

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Debra Dean
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2026
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550
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The Future of Followership: Unveiling the Power of Those Who Lead from Behind reimagines leadership by centering the vital, yet often overlooked, role of followers. This timely volume brings together more than 20 chapters from diverse scholars and practitioners, offering fresh insights across five key areas: Foundations of Followership, Followership in Action, Biblical and Missional Followership, The Dark Side of Followership, and The Future of Followership. Through case studies, theological reflections, and cultural analysis, the book challenges leader-centric thinking and explores how followers shape leadership outcomes, influence organizational culture, and drive social impact. A valuable resource for leadership educators, students, and organizational professionals, this book invites readers to rethink the leadership–followership dynamic in a more collaborative and transformative light. 

Section 1: Foundations of Followership
1. Followership Theory and Its Evolution – (Dean & Imoukhuede)
2. Follower-Leader Role Fluidity – (Gordon-Scott & Kane)
3. Theoretical Constructs of Servant Followership – (Frisinger & Griffin)
4. Ethical Followership – (Miller & Pasley)
5. Exploring the Implicit Beliefs of Leaders and Followers (Fast)

Section 2: Followership in Action
6. A Meta-Analysis of Followership within the Team Dynamics of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – (Carrera)
7. Followership and Team Dynamics: A New Follower Exchange Framework – (Crosby & Stevens)
8. The Role of Authentic Followership in Organizational Success – (Brown & Gushee)
9. Flipping the Switch: Leader-Follower Role Exchange – (Batschelet)
10. From Follower to Peer: When the Follower-Leader Relationship Transition – (Amy Miller)
11. Cross-Cultural Followership: Culture’s Influence on Followership – (Chukwuma & Sevordzie)
12. Followership and Motivation: The Co-Created Process – (Robinson & Usungu)
13. Exemplary Followership in a Sorority – (Brent)

Section 3: Biblical and Missional Followership
14. The Followership of the Apostle Paul – (Wood)
15. What Made You Follow? Followership in Matthew 4:18-25 – (Noble)
16. Missional Followership: Faith-Based Followership in Any Context – (Vondey)
17. The Cost of Akoloutheo Followership – (Woodberry)
18. e Resistance of Jonah: A Prophet’s Struggle to Follow – (Duchac)
19. Implicit Followership Theory and the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree – (Foster)

Section 4: The Complexities and Risks of Followership
20. Follower Psychopathy: Exploring the Dark Side of Followership – (Wantaate)
21. Prerequisites to Leadership-Followership State Exchange – (Almond)
22. Transformational Followership – (Johnson & Reddy)

Section 5: The Future of Followership
23. Looking Ahead: e Future of Followership Studies – (Hicks & Tompkins)

Debra Dean

Dr. Debra J. Dean holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. With over 25 years of leadership experience spanning corporate and academic sectors, she has coached and mentored hundreds of doctoral students around the globe. A prolific writer, Dr. Dean has authored and co-authored numerous publications on servant leadership, organizational culture, and followership, including Followership and Faith at Work (Springer, 2022).

The Future of Followership: Unveiling the Power of Those Who Lead from Behind reimagines leadership by centering the vital, yet often overlooked, role of followers. This timely volume brings together more than 20 chapters from diverse scholars and practitioners, offering fresh insights across five key areas: Foundations of Followership, Followership in Action, Biblical and Missional Followership, The Dark Side of Followership, and The Future of Followership. Through case studies, theological reflections, and cultural analysis, the book challenges leader-centric thinking and explores how followers shape leadership outcomes, influence organizational culture, and drive social impact. A valuable resource for leadership educators, students, and organizational professionals, this book invites readers to rethink the leadership–followership dynamic in a more collaborative and transformative light. 

Section 1: Foundations of Followership
1. Followership Theory and Its Evolution – (Dean & Imoukhuede)
2. Follower-Leader Role Fluidity – (Gordon-Scott & Kane)
3. Theoretical Constructs of Servant Followership – (Frisinger & Griffin)
4. Ethical Followership – (Miller & Pasley)
5. Exploring the Implicit Beliefs of Leaders and Followers (Fast)

Section 2: Followership in Action
6. A Meta-Analysis of Followership within the Team Dynamics of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – (Carrera)
7. Followership and Team Dynamics: A New Follower Exchange Framework – (Crosby & Stevens)
8. The Role of Authentic Followership in Organizational Success – (Brown & Gushee)
9. Flipping the Switch: Leader-Follower Role Exchange – (Batschelet)
10. From Follower to Peer: When the Follower-Leader Relationship Transition – (Amy Miller)
11. Cross-Cultural Followership: Culture’s Influence on Followership – (Chukwuma & Sevordzie)
12. Followership and Motivation: The Co-Created Process – (Robinson & Usungu)
13. Exemplary Followership in a Sorority – (Brent)

Section 3: Biblical and Missional Followership
14. The Followership of the Apostle Paul – (Wood)
15. What Made You Follow? Followership in Matthew 4:18-25 – (Noble)
16. Missional Followership: Faith-Based Followership in Any Context – (Vondey)
17. The Cost of Akoloutheo Followership – (Woodberry)
18. e Resistance of Jonah: A Prophet’s Struggle to Follow – (Duchac)
19. Implicit Followership Theory and the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree – (Foster)

Section 4: The Complexities and Risks of Followership
20. Follower Psychopathy: Exploring the Dark Side of Followership – (Wantaate)
21. Prerequisites to Leadership-Followership State Exchange – (Almond)
22. Transformational Followership – (Johnson & Reddy)

Section 5: The Future of Followership
23. Looking Ahead: e Future of Followership Studies – (Hicks & Tompkins)

Debra Dean

Dr. Debra J. Dean holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. With over 25 years of leadership experience spanning corporate and academic sectors, she has coached and mentored hundreds of doctoral students around the globe. A prolific writer, Dr. Dean has authored and co-authored numerous publications on servant leadership, organizational culture, and followership, including Followership and Faith at Work (Springer, 2022).

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