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An empirical investigation of the antecedents, behaviors, and outcomes of bad leadership
Author(s) -
Erickson Anthony,
Shaw James B.,
Agabe Zha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.20023
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , empirical research , public relations , exploratory research , political science , sociology , philosophy , epistemology , anthropology
Abstract This exploratory study identifies actions and behaviors that subordinates attribute to bad leadership and explores the implications these factors have for organizations. Data were obtained through a Web‐based survey that generated 335 respondents who completed at least some of the questions. Results identified the prevalence of bad leaders, behaviors causing a leader to be perceived as bad, the impact of bad leaders on the employee and organization, whether these bad leaders had always been bad, and what happened to the bad leader. An interesting discovery was that the majority of bad leaders were either promoted or rewarded by the organization.