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Follower Sensemaking

Follower Sensemaking is a theoretical construct within the field of organizational behavior that denotes the cognitive process through which followers interpret, contextualize, and attribute meaning to leaders’ actions, organizational events, and their own roles in order to guide responsive and adaptive followership.

27

Publications

2.8K

Citations

73

Authors

42

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

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Publications

27

Exploring social constructions of followership: A qualitative study

Melissa K. Carsten, Mary Uhl‐Bien, Bradley J. West et al. · The Leadership Quarterly · 2010 · 626 citations

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What do you think of followers? Examining the content, structure, and consequences of implicit followership theories

Thomas Sy · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · 2010 · 365 citations

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Implicit Leadership and Followership Theories “in the wild”: Taking stock of information-processing approaches to leadership and followership in organizational settings

Olga Epitropaki, Thomas Sy, Robin Martin et al. · The Leadership Quarterly · 2013 · 337 citations · Full text

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Multi-level information-processing explanations of followers' leadership perceptions

Rosalie J. Hall, Robert G. Lord · The Leadership Quarterly · 1995 · 183 citations

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Tainted Knowledge vs. Tempting Knowledge: People Avoid Knowledge from Internal Rivals and Seek Knowledge from External Rivals

Tanya Menon, Leigh Thompson, Hoon‐Seok Choi · Management Science · 2006 · 148 citations

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Authors

73

  1. TS
    Thomas Sy

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 702 citations

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    h-index

  2. FE
    Francis E. Hamilton

    Eckerd College, United States

    1 publications · 87 citations

    1

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  3. SE
    Samantha England

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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    h-index

  4. MR
    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  5. FR
    Fariborz Rahimnia

    Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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Institutions

42

  1. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1K citations

  2. The American College of Greece

    Athens, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    337 citations

  3. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    133 citations

  4. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    244 citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    148 citations

  6. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  8. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

    Vallendar, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    133 citations

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Venues

  1. The Leadership Quarterly

    LQ · 3 publications · 1.1K citations

    3

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  2. Leadership & Organization Development Journal

    LODJ · 2 publications · 48 citations

    2

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  3. Human Relations

    2 publications · 220 citations

    2

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  4. Management Science

    1 publications · 148 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    1 publications · 49 citations

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