Destructive Leadership: A Critique of Leader-Centric Perspectives and Toward a More Holistic Definition

Over the last 25 years, there has been an increasing fascination with the “dark” side of leadership. The term “destructive leadership” has been used as an overarching expression to describe various “bad” leader behaviors believed to be associated with harmful consequences for followers and organizat...

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Authors: Thoroughgood, Christian N. (Author) ; Sawyer, Katina B. (Author) ; Padilla, Art (Author) ; Lunsford, Laura (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2018
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 151, Issue: 3, Pages: 627-649
Further subjects:B Environments
B Toxic leadership
B destructive leadership
B Followers
B Leadership processes
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