Development and Validation of the Toxic Leadership Scale

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dc.contributor.advisorHanges, Paul Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Andrew A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-20T05:37:17Z
dc.date.available2008-06-20T05:37:17Z
dc.date.issued2008-06-11en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile many publications focus on traits and behaviors that make leaders effective, some leaders engage in dysfunctional and destructive behaviors. These "toxic leadership" styles have been largely unexplored. The goals of this study were to empirically derive the dimensions of toxic leadership, to create a reliable and valid survey that measures the construct, to explore convergent and discriminant construct validity, and to perform a preliminary examination of subordinate outcomes that may result from working under a toxic leader. Using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies across military and civilian sectors, this study suggests that toxic leadership is composed of the following five dimensions: abusive supervision, authoritarian leadership, narcissism, self-promotion, and unpredictability. Toxic leadership is differentiable from other leadership constructs (e.g., transformational, LMX) and its dimensions significantly predict employee outcomes such as turnover intentions, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with the supervisor. Implications for future research are discussed.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8176
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Industrialen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBusiness Administration, Managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledToxic Leadershipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDestructive Leadershipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLeadershipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAbusive Supervisionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUnpredictabilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAuthoritarianen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and Validation of the Toxic Leadership Scaleen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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