The Role of FollowersIntroductionAny team is made up of followers and leaders. Leaders play the basic role of commanders and guides in the process of team development. So what role do followers play in this process and what roles do they play? In fact, the task of any organization is done on the basis of classification and is closely related to the basic environment that produces this classification(Rosch, 1978). After studying the literature of the relevant leaders, it can be found that everyone has a tendency to classify others in life(Fiske & Taylor, 1991). Especially in the organizational environment, the researchers found that everyone can judge the identity of others, including leaders and followers of the two components(Lord, Fortie, & Phillips, 1982; Lord & Mach, 1993).In the traditional sense, there is a close correlation between the leader's success or failure and their organizational performance, if the organizational task is successfully completed, then the leader will encounter the corresponding honor; if the organization fails, the leader will be blamed and punished accordingly. In fact, the focus of the work of leaders is how to mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of the organization. In the process of actual work, the leader takes his professional performance as the focus of attention, which also leads to a lot of leaders overemphasize the correlation(Fairhurst, 2007)between their own behavior and the consequences(Meindl, 1995), in fact, it ignores the various influences that the follower may have on the leader. It should be noted that the followers are not exactly the same as the recipients, and they also have a strong subjectivity and active acceptance of the initiative, and p...
