멜빌의 『모비딕』에 나타난 선원들의 행동 동기 분석: 조직구성원의 역할모델을 활용하여 이스마엘과 스타벅을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper attempts to find the factor(s) that drives the subordinates of the Peqoud to follow their leader, Ahab, even to the very moment of the tragic end in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. This research is a continuation of the author’s pursuit of satisfactory answers to the narrator’s question, “How it was that they so aboundingly responded to the old man’s ire . . . ?” Here, this paper focuses on Ishmael and Starbuck, the two most significant figures but the captain, as the representatives of the followers in the organization. For that, it uses a theoretical model presented by Jane M. Howell and Boas Shamir in their article “The Role of Followers in the Charismatic Leadership Process” (2005). Howell and Shamir suggest the reasons that some followers are more inclined to follow their leader even to the harmful consequences for themselves and their organization. Using this model, the paper suggests that Ishmael and Starbuck have opposing characteristics as followers in relation with their leader, which explains partly why most of the subordinates chose to follow Ahab.