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Toxic Leadership: The Most Menacing Form of Leadership

In: Dark Sides of Organizational Behavior and Leadership

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  • Nivedita Singh
  • Santoshi Sengupta
  • Santosh Dev

Abstract

Recent misuses of power in politics, corporate and religious arena have invigorated interest in dark side of leadership. This chapter sheds light on a menacing type of dark leadership--toxic leadership. Owing to the dearth of a comprehensive delineation of "toxic" leadership from its related phenomena, this chapter addresses the paucities and clarifies the nature, process, reasons and consequences of "toxic" leadership. It reviews, summarizes and integrates the existing literature on toxic leadership to draw nomological distinctions amongst different constructs of dark leadership and eventually presents stimulators and behavioral symptoms of toxic leadership. Few contemporary myths and detoxification measures are discussed to combat toxicity in a leader for a sustainable organization. The goal of the chapter is to reach our readers' curiosity, enhance their frame of reference and bring new insights to educate them by providing guidelines and awareness about toxic leadership.

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  • Nivedita Singh & Santoshi Sengupta & Santosh Dev, 2019. "Toxic Leadership: The Most Menacing Form of Leadership," Chapters, in: Maria Fors Brandebo & Aida Alvinius (ed.), Dark Sides of Organizational Behavior and Leadership, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:144380
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.75462
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    1. Nicola Snow & Niamh Hickey & Nicolaas Blom & Liam O’Mahony & Patricia Mannix-McNamara, 2021. "An Exploration of Leadership in Post-Primary Schools: The Emergence of Toxic Leadership," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-21, June.

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    Keywords

    toxic leadership; behavior; stimulators of toxic leaders; myths; detoxifying toxic leaders; positivity in gray area;
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    JEL classification:

    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights

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