Dark Leadership at the Workplace

Abstract

The aim of this research is to uncover the behaviors that constitute the dark side of leadership, the impacts of these behaviors on employees and the employees’ reactions to these behaviors in Turkish context. The data were collected through structured face-to-face interviews, a focus group interview and observations and analyzed according to content analysis technique.  Interviews were done with 9 and focus group interview was done with 4 participants. Observations were made in an open plan office. Participants were selected from researchers’ social network according to purposive sampling technique. At the end of the analyses, dark leadership was explained by themes of wearisome, narcissistic, insincere and tyrannous leader behaviors, impacts of dark leadership on employees were explained by themes of physiological and psychological effects and employees’ reactions to dark leadership were explained by themes of active and passive reactions. Findings were discussed in terms of their contributions to the management and organization literature and practical implications.

Keywords

• Leadership,Toxic Leadership,Abusive Supervision,Destructive Leadership,Dark Leadership

İş Yerinde Karanlık Liderlik

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı iş yerinde liderliğin karanlık yüzünü oluşturan davranışların, bu davranışların çalışanlar üzerinde oluşturduğu etkilerin ve çalışanların bu davranışlara verdiği tepkilerin ne olduğunu ülkemiz bağlamında açığa çıkarmaktır. Araştırma verisi mülakat, odak grup görüşmesi ve gözlem yöntemleri kullanılarak toplanmış ve içerik analizi yöntemine uygun olarak analiz edilmiştir. Mülakatlar 9, odak grup görüşmesi ise 4 kişi ile yapılmıştır. Gözlem, açık ofis yerleşimli bir iş yerinde yapılmıştır. Katılımcılar araştırmacıların sosyal ağı içerisinden amaçlı örnekleme yöntemine göre belirlenmiştir. Analiz sonucunda karanlık liderliği oluşturan davranışlar; bezdirici, narsistik, samimiyetsiz ve zorbaca davranış temaları ile; karanlık liderliğin çalışanlar üzerindeki etkileri; psikolojik etkiler ve fizyolojik etkiler temaları ile, karanlık liderliğe verilen tepkiler ise; aktif tepkiler ve pasif tepkiler temaları ile açıklanmıştır. Araştırma bulguları yönetim ve organizasyon yazınına sağlanan katkılar ile uygulamaya dönük yansımaları açısından değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

• Liderlik,Zehirleyici liderlik; İstismarcı yönetim; Yıkıcı liderlik; Karanlık liderlik.

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