WHAT IS TOXIC FOLLOWERSHIP?

There has been some discussion on the subject of toxic followership, but it is as yet ill-defined and deserves further evaluation and study. The current paper examines toxic followership using Kelley's typology of followers and provides potential methods of mitigating toxic followership. Just as toxic leaders harm organizations, so too can toxic followers. They both can cause good people to leave an organization, and put the organization's survival at risk.