Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

First Advisor

Dr. Christopher Rappazini

Second Advisor

Dr. Jillian Whatley

Third Advisor

David Stephens, JD

Abstract

This dissertation will explore the attributes and application of the Reversing the Lens Approach (Shamir, 2007) to followership and its influence on career advancement strategies for millennials working at universities. The research will assess millennials as being born between 1980 and 1995 and currently working at universities in the southeast United States. This is a phenomenological study with an exploratory qualitative research design that seeks to uncover and understand to what extent millennials' roles as followers and their interactions with their leaders influence their career advancement strategies and what, if any, are the implications for their current institutions and higher education at large. Primary instruments for evaluation include a qualitative "Followership Pre-Interview Questionnaire" and a qualitative "Millennial Followership Interview." The research will rely on the frameworks of the Reversing the Lens Approach (Shamir, 2007) to followership, followership theory (Uhl-Bein et al., 2014), and Robert Kelley's (1992) followership typology framework. The outcome of this research will be an assessment of millennial attitudes toward followership in the workplace and their relationships with their leaders, defined career strategies, possible preemptive strategies for retention, and opportunities for further and continued research.

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