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This book shines a spotlight on two missing foci of authentic leadership research: international and follower perspectives. The concept of ´authenticity´ has been in vogue since the times of Greek philosophy, but it wasn´t until the 1990s that leadership scholars seriously began to study the topic of authentic leadership. This new collection brings together empirical research and theoretical contributions to provide insights into the follower perspectives of authentic leadership around the world. Covering topics such as leader self-awareness, gender, psychological capital, embodied leadership and followership, and unethical conduct, the book features a Foreword written by William L. Gardner, one of the original scholars on authentic leadership.

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Part I International Perspectives

1 Leader Self-Awareness and Follower Psychological Empowerment Across Cultures

Tara Wernsing

2 Follower Gender and Authentic Leadership: Perspectives from the Middle East

Gaye Karacay, Behice Ertenu, and Hayat Kabasakal

3 Empathy as a Vehicle to Authentic Leadership and Followership in Latin America: A Practitioner Perspective

Patricia C. Bravo

4 The Role of Workplace Authentic Leadership on Followership Behaviour and Psychological Capital in a South African Context

Marieta du Plessis and Adré B. Boshoff

5 A Model for Positive Leadership in Argentinean Firms

Lucas Monzani

6 The Role of Sociocultural Context in the Leader-Follower Relationship: An Analysis of Lee

Kuan Yew´s Authentic Transformational Leadership

Deborah Pembleton, John Friend, and Zhiyuan He

Part II Conceptual Perspectives

7 The Transformational Influence of Authentic Leadership on Followers in Early Career Relationships

Kim Bradley-Cole

8 Authentic Leadership, Embodied Leadership, and Followership from a Multi-cultural Perspective

Sharon Davis Brown

9 Authentic Leadership and Followers´ Cheating Behaviour: A Laboratory Experiment from

a Self-Concept Maintenance Perspective

Susanne Braun and Lars Hornuf

10 Authentic Leadership and Authenticity: An Existential Perspective

Cloé Fortin, Louis Baron, and Cécile Renucci

11 Conceptualising Authentic Followers and Developing a Future Research Agenda

Joseph Crawford, Sarah Dawkins, Angela Martin, and Gemma Lewis

Index

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Dorianne Cotter-Lockard holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems, and is a Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation at the Fielding Graduate University, USA. She conducts research in the areas of team collaboration, leadership, coaching, music education, and spirituality in the workplace. Previously, she served as an executive of a Fortune 100 company, where she was a key member of a divisional ´C-level´ leadership team. Dorianne is also the President of DCL Associates Inc., a consultancy devoted to mentoring young entrepreneurs to become conscious, collaborative leaders, and has presented papers and facilitated symposia at several international academic conferences, including the Academy of Management.

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