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Educational Administration and Supervision

Southeastern University

Theses/Dissertations

2020

Followership; courageous followership; leader-follower theory; courageous follower model; buy-in; subjective experiences; leader-follower collaboration

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An Exploration Of Courageous Followership Characteristics Present In Student Involvement Support Staff At Select Midwest Community Colleges, Gabriel Lara Oct 2020

An Exploration Of Courageous Followership Characteristics Present In Student Involvement Support Staff At Select Midwest Community Colleges, Gabriel Lara

Doctor of Education (Ed.D)

The purpose of this case study is to discover how the characteristics of a courageous follower are presented in the work of support staff in student involvement offices at select Midwest community colleges. This qualitative case study is relevant to grounded theory and provides a method to cultivate concepts from data to further recognize the representation of courageous followership characteristics. The research participants were four male and five female student affairs professionals working in student involvement offices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants to gather the data. The seven dimensions of courageous followership served as the themes of this case …