July 2022
Beginner to intermediate
204 pages
7h 45m
English
Toxic leadership, a dark side of leadership, has recently been attracting more research interest in organizations. It is essential to study this aspect of leadership because, with the benefit of hindsight, organizations and leaders can learn from the toxic treatment, whether toxic behavior of a leader may serve as an impetus or a constraint for positive or negative personal and organizational transformation. This kind of leadership has been discussed in the literature but not clearly defined (Labrague et al., 2020). This chapter will present the theoretical context of toxic leadership focusing on toxic leadership characteristics, factors, and behaviors. As this ...