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How bad are the effects of bad leaders? A meta-analysis of destructive leadership and its outcomes
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“The reciprocation of positive exchanges with a leader builds trust. In contrast, if a leader engages in abusive behaviour, it will inevitably reduce followers' trust in leaders. Thus, in accordance with SET, trust decreases over time as a result of unfavourable exchanges with a leader. Abusive supervision represents unpleasant behaviours that can be predicted to contribute to feelings of distrust”
From A meta-analysis of the role of trust in the leadership- performance relationship (2021) · cites this paper as Schyns & Schilling (2013)
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“researchers have argued that follower perceptions are critical to include in measures of abusive supervision because leader behavior can only have an effect on followers if it is also perceived by them (Schyns and Schilling, 2013).”
From Narcissistic Leaders and Their Victims: Followers Low on Self-Esteem and Low on Core Self-Evaluations Suffer Most (2018) · cites this paper as Schyns and Schilling, 2013
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“On the other hand, the lack of a clear leadership approach or a wrong management style can de-motivate employees, kill productivity, and lead to disengagement and turnover (Catteeuw et al., 2007;Schyns & Schilling, 2013).”
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“Destructive leadership is defined as voluntary, repeated, and hostile behaviors targeted at followers to harm them and/or the organization (Krasikova et al., 2013; Schyns & Schilling, 2013).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Schyns, B., & Schilling, J.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schyns, Birgit
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 138-158
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2013875734
- Cited by
- 1,245
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 113 · 2025: 113 · 2024: 110 · 2023: 136 · 2022: 126 · 2021: 143 · 2020: 109 · 2019: 105 · 2018: 87 · 2017: 57 · 2016: 49 · 2015: 46 · 2014: 36 · 2013: 14
- FWCI
- 6.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- destructive leadership, constructive leadership, leader attitudes, counterproductive work behavior, turnover intention, employee well-being, individual performance, follower outcomes
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