HUBRIS AND EXCESSIVE POSITIVITY IN LEADERSHIP: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

It is stated that leadership medallion has two sides. While there exists success, self-confidence, positivity and enthusiasm on the shiny side, the other side consists of hubris, overpride and sneer. When mentioning of bad leadership, it is often considered the features on the dark side. However, it is not possible to classify a leader as a good or bad leader, only by looking at the meaning of a trait. Hubristic leaders and prozac leaders are examples. Hubristic leadership emerges as the result of the increasing success and self-confidence of the leaders, they are caught in hubris syndrome. Prozac leadership, on the other hand, is the inability of the leader to foresee impending dangers as a result of his over-positivity. Therefore, self-confidence and positivity can have negative consequences in these two types of leadership. The aim of the study is to cover these types of leadership in a comprehensive way and to contribute to Turkish literature which is very limited through conceptual analysis.

Keywords

• Hubris,Power Poisoning,Hubristic Leadership,Prozac Leadership

LİDERLİKTE KİBİR VE AŞIRI POZİTİFLİK: BİR LİTERATÜR İNCELEMESİ

Abstract

Liderlik madalyonunun iki yüzü olduğu ifade edilmektedir. Sürekli parlayan yüzünde, başarı, özgüven, pozitiflik ve istek yer alırken; diğer yüzünde, kibir, aşırı gurur ve küçümseme bulunmaktadır. Kötü liderlikten bahsedilirken, genellikle, karanlık yüzdeki özellikler sayılmaktadır. Ancak, bir özelliğin sadece anlamına bakılarak, bir liderin iyi veya kötü lider olarak sınıflandırılması mümkün değildir. Hubristik liderler ve prozac liderler bu duruma örnektir.  Hubristik liderlik, liderlerin zamanla artan başarılarının ve özgüvenlerinin sonucunda, hubris sendromuna kapılmaları ile ortaya çıkmaktadır. Prozac liderlik ise, liderin aşırı pozitifliği sonucunda, yaklaşan tehlikeleri öngörememesidir. Dolayısıyla, özgüven ve pozitiflik, olumsuz sonuçlar doğurarak, bu iki liderlik türünün ortaya çıkmasına neden olabilmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı da, zararları çok büyük boyutlara ulaşabilecek bu liderlik türlerini kapsamlı olarak ele almak ve yapılan kavramsal inceleme ile sınırlı sayıda yayın bulunan Türkçe yazına katkıda bulunmaktır. 

Keywords

• Kibir,Güç Zehirlenmesi,Hubristik Liderlik,Prozac Liderlik

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