ABSTRACT
Leadership is not just about a leader. Studying leadership properly needs attention to how followers perceive and respond to a leader, in a two-way influence relationship. Within a particular context, this dynamic process can be called inclusive leadership, which begins with the leader’s perceived legitimacy, as in election and appointment. Legitimacy depends on acknowledgment by followers and their response to the leader. The overarching point here is that the leadership process involves more than the leader’s qualities alone; it also involves those of followers and their mutual situation.
