"IMPLICIT FOLLOWERSHIP THEORIES" is a developing issue in organizational behavior which is considered as the linkage between FOLLOWERSHIP and cognition issues. Exploration and the typology of follower's perspectives and views about different dimensions of their role as a follower, which are known as follower's "IMPLICIT FOLLOWERSHIP THEORIES" is the purpose of present paper. For this purpose, using purposeful sampling method, 14 employees of 14 large organizations from different industries in Mashhad were selected. To obtain the required data, semi-structured interviews were conducted until theoretical saturation was reached. Reliability of findings was also confirmed. The resulting data was analyzed using "conventional content analysis". A total of 589 codes were located in 17 items of IMPLICIT THEORIES. Items consisted five factors of the positive features (prototypes) of FOLLOWERSHIP role. Identified prototypes included "Constructive perception of work", "Job competencies", "Mighty arm of leader", "Moral virtues" and "Initiation" which present a more comprehensive perspective on FOLLOWERSHIP.

The concept of FOLLOWERSHIP requires the existance of leadership. In another word, these two are correlative. First the subject of FOLLOWERSHIP is new to management literature; second in academic circles of the country it has not received mutch attention. kelly (1988); chalf (1955) were among first who introduced the debates of FOLLOWERSHIP independent of leadership and claimed that leadership can no longer be studied without followers or by giving very little role to them. Therefore the purpose of this research is to study and understand and compare FOLLOWERSHIP models in management fields and organization leadership. More precisely the purpose of this article is to study the dimensions and charactristics of FOLLOWERSHIP in related THEORIES and furthermore to reach to an optimised model and introduced it to organizations managers and leaders and management researchers. In our country little attention is given to FOLLOWERSHIP in management and leadership literatures. The question of this research is whether the same condition prevails elsewhere or not. The results of general review of researcher, on the subject of FOLLOWERSHIP indicated that since past decades till now many researchers have dealt with this subject. Today attention given to FOLLOWERSHIP is not less than leadership. This article has applied paradigm outlook to review THEORIES related to FOLLOWERSHIP and finally by introducing a model of FOLLOWERSHIP; it was analyzed and compared.

FOLLOWERSHIP is a developing paradigm in organizational behavior which focuses mainly on followers. The goal of this study is to explore follower’s IMPLICIT FOLLOWERSHIP THEORIES (IFTs) which entail an analysis of follower’s views and perception about FOLLOWERSHIP. For this purpose, based on a phenomenological approach, semi-structured interviews with employees of large public and private organizations, in Mashhad were analyzed by exploratory content analysis. A total of 25 categories of IMPLICIT THEORIES were detected in 5 prototypes and 5 antiprototypes.FOLLOWERSHIP prototypes consist of constructive perception of work, job competencies, mighty arm of leader, moral virtues and initiation pattern; five antiprototypes were named as role deviances including destructive behaviors, obedience, incompetency, indifference and blue color. Reflecting on the findings, a 5 dimensional model was identified, with each dimension having its prototypes and anti- prototypes. Results showed that follower's IFTs differ from leader's follower' s IMPLICIT FOLLOWERSHIP THEORIES.

Considering the facilitative role of corrective feedback in language learning, the impact of learners’ noticing on its effectiveness, and the significant contributions of individual attributes in learners’ noticing the corrective feedback, this study is designed to examine how learners’ IMPLICIT THEORIES of intelligence (Mindset), an individual attribute, predict their preferences for oral corrective feedback (henceforth, OCF). A total of 143 Iranian EFL learners participated in the study. The participants were assigned to groups of fixed mindset (N=26) and growth mindset (N=26) based on their scores on Language Mindset Inventory (LMI) scale. The data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the fixed-mindset and the growth-mindset groups in their beliefs toward some aspects of OCF. All in all, it can be claimed that language mindset (henceforth, LM) has a significant role in EFL learners’ beliefs about OCF. Pedagogical implications for considering learners’ LM in providing OCF are also discussed.

This research aims at discovering the traits and abilities which characterize ideal leaders in the minds of employees in an Iranian context. After employing the strategy of phenomenology to reach the components of ideal leadership, 15 tenured middle managers and employees possessing decent management knowledge in the context were interviewed and after theme analysis, global, basic, and organizing themes were extracted. The results showed that the whole themes could be categorized into two groups of prototypes and anti-prototype. Five of the themes are the prototypes labeled as charismatic, humane oriented, employee’s servant, emotionally mature, and decisive and three of them are the anti-prototype labeled as selfish, deceptive, and narrow-minded. Although some of the components of IMPLICIT Leadership THEORIES (ILTs) are generalizable, the context can produce some distinct features of ILTs. This research tried to discover IMPLICIT leadership THEORIES in an Iranian context. According to the available themes in the literature of ILTs, employee’s servant, emotionally mature and decisive are the three novel prototypes and deceptive and narrow-minded are the new anti-prototypeanti-prototype. Moreover, this is the first study using interview to discover ILTs with the inclusion of data retrieved from participants’ semantic memory.

Objective: IMPLICIT self THEORIES are a new and complex topic in the field of consumer behavior and marketing. The purpose of this article is to systematically review and critically analyze the research conducted on IMPLICIT self THEORIES, also known as mindsets, and to address the research question "What marketing research has been conducted for mindsets until now and what could be future avenues for research?" Methodology: A systematic review of the existing literature was performed based on two databases, Web of Science and Scopus. A total of 76 articles were included in the final analysis. The selected articles were analyzed with the help of CiteSpace software. Findings indicate that consumer’s mindset is a multidimensional concept with distinctive features. Findings: Various authors in psychology have studied and analyzed this concept with the help of various research methods. But what is clear is the novelty of mindset in the world of consumer behavior and the need for unique theoretical contributions in this area. Conclusion: This review provides transparency about the mechanisms of mindsets and their role in shaping the attitude, preferences and behavior of consumers, also provides managerial implications of consumer’s mindset and finally, mentions the future directions of this research field.