Title
What does it mean to follow? An exploration of a followership profile in hospitality and tourism
Campus Units
Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
4-2016
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism
Volume
16
Issue
4
First Page
235
Last Page
252
DOI
10.1080/15313220.2016.1180964
Abstract
Although leadership has received considerable attention from many scholars, much less research has focused on those who follow leaders; yet, followers contribute much to the success of an organization. This study explored the followership profiles of stakeholders in hospitality and tourism education. The findings summarize the followership dimensions of a sample of hospitality students, educators, and industry professionals. For each of the five followership dimensions the mean scores for industry professionals were rated higher when compared with students and educators, with courage to participate in transformation being the highest rated among all three groups. Implications for hospitality education are presented.
Copyright Owner
Taylor and Francis Online
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Deale, Cynthia S.; Schoffstall, Donald G.; and Brown, Eric Adam, "What does it mean to follow? An exploration of a followership profile in hospitality and tourism" (2016). Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management Publications. 101.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/aeshm_pubs/101
Included in
Higher Education Commons, Hospitality Administration and Management Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Tourism and Travel Commons
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism on 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/[Article DOI: 10.1080/15313220.2016.1180964. Posted with permission.