Dark Side Of Leadership Essay

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Introduction
The research into leadership continues to be a topical subject in the academic literature on management. Leadership defined by Burns, (1978, p.425) “the reciprocal process of mobilising, by persons with certain motives and values, various economic, political and other resources, in a context of competition and conflict, in order to realise goals independently or mutually held by both leaders and followers”. This essay outlines the two types of leadership that exists, constructive and destructive. Its aim is to highlight the ever increasing dark, dysfunctional side to leadership and the catastrophic consequences of unethical behaviours which resulted in two of the biggest bankruptcies in US history. Its draws on the five types …show more content…

For example, Einarsen et al. (2007) profess a leader 's behaviour is the principal outcome which influences an organisation and factions. It can be argued that their description fails to take account of the four factors that define leaderships. Firstly, it fails to address the surrounding and environment factors; these behaviours are known to influence precisely market competitiveness or organisational quandary (Kellerman, 2004). Secondly, the definition fails to take account of personalities which directly affect the behaviour of a leader (Hogan and Hogan, 2001). Thirdly, the motivation and relationships of a leader are ignored (Wren, 1995) and finally, it fails to address that individual traits such as self-importance and allure correlated with the dark side of leadership may occur from a negative or advantageous conclusion for an organisation. (Padilla, Hogan, and Kaiser, 2007) Therefore, to improve these critiques, it is suggested the dark side of leadership is an ongoing pattern of behaviour that is a result of adverse effects demonstrated through the interaction of a leader and a follower where the follower’s satisfaction is hindered by the leaders’ misuse of power and

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