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Destructive Leadership: Causes, Consequences And Countermeasures, Anthony Erickson, James Shaw, Jane Murray, Sara Branch
Destructive Leadership: Causes, Consequences And Countermeasures, Anthony Erickson, James Shaw, Jane Murray, Sara Branch
Anthony Erickson
In 2010, David Matsuda, an anthropology professor, was asked to study why almost 30 U.S. soldiers in Iraq had committed or attempted suicide in the past year. His investigation showed that while those soldiers often had major problems in their personal lives, the victims also had in common at least one leader (sometimes a couple of leaders) who made their lives hell. While the evidence did not show that the soldiers’ leaders directly caused them to commit or attempt suicide, it did support the notion that the leaders who had made their lives hell had helped to push them over …
Destructive Leader Behaviour: A Study Of Iranian Leaders Using The Destructive Leadership Questionnaire, Ben Shaw, Anthony Erickson, Farzaneh Nassirzadeh
Destructive Leader Behaviour: A Study Of Iranian Leaders Using The Destructive Leadership Questionnaire, Ben Shaw, Anthony Erickson, Farzaneh Nassirzadeh
Anthony Erickson
This study examines destructive leader behaviours among a sample of Iranian leaders. Destructive leader behaviour was measured using the Destructive Leadership Questionnaire (DLQ) developed by Shaw et al. (2011). Data from 700 Iranian subordinates who completed the DLQ were used to identify the dimensions of destructive leadership using principle components factor analysis. The factor analytic data were used to develop an Iranian version of the DLQ. Behavioural scale scores were then used to identify a typology of destructive leaders in the Iranian sample.