Chapter 14 Destructive Leadership

The toxicity of ______ was apparent, but sufficient avenues for combating the destructive leader(s) were absent.

Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow

Some companies recruit via ______ that identify their strengths and weaknesses.

assessment tests psychological tests

Destructive leaders demonstrate ___

charisma

Which trait is commonly found among destructive leaders?

charismatic

institiutionalization

concerned with making rules and regulations in an organization and methods for altering them.

The types of followers who are susceptible to destructive leadership can be divided into two groups:

conformers and colluders

At this time, there is a lack of ___ when defining destructive leadership.

consensus

destructive leadership has been called a variety of names:

dark side of leadership, toxic leadership, bad leadership, abusive leadership, unethical leadership

The primary component of the Toxic triangle is ___

destructive leaders

Toxic triangle that makes destructive leadership possible:

destructive leaders, susceptible followers, and conducive environments.

A boss who believes in the adage, "it's my way or the highway," exhibits ___ and destructive leadership.

dogmatic

Destructive leadership involves the ___

excessive use of power, control, or influence.

Conformers do not comply with destructive leaders.

false

Individuals should hesitate to remove a destructive leader from office even if there are procedures in place to aid the process.

false

Only those in positions of "good" leadership have the agency--or the right--to stand up and say no to "bad" leadership.

false

colluders

followers who comply with destructive leaders because the leader's agenda may benefit their own and they hope to get something out of it

conformers

followers who comply with destructive leaders to minimize the consequences for themselves of not going along with the leader's agenda.

Conducive environments include four factors:

instability, perceived threat, certain cultural values, and the absence of checks and balances and institutionalization.

Which of the following is recommended to help ensure checks and balances in an organization?

involving board members in policy-level oversight

destructive leadership

the process whereby an individual exercises excessive control and coercion to force a group of individuals to accomplish the leader's own goals without regard to the impact on others or the organization

checks and balances

the way power and influence are shared in an organizational system so that when power is invested in one part of the system it is counterbalanced with power invested in other parts of the system

Psychological factors and susceptible followers:

1. Our need for reassuring authority figures 2. Our need for security and certainty 3. Our need to feel chosen or special 4. Our need for membership in the human community 5. Our fear of ostracism, isolation, and social death 6. Our fear of powerlessness to challenge a bad leader

Colluders support a destructive leader's agenda because it is ______ for themselves.

advantageous

Which of the following authors presented a series of psychological factors to help identify susceptible followers in their book, The Allure of Toxic Leaders?

Lipman-Blumen

___ protects investors against destructive leadership by setting requirements for all U.S. public company boards.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Destructive leadership causes emotions such as fear and insecurity in followers.

True

narcissism

to be excessively enamored with and preoccupied with one's self.

Another contextual measure against abuses of power is independent boards of directors.

true

CEO of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, was a highly toxic leader.

true

Checks and balances prevent abuses of power because they allow others to monitor the people at the top.

true

Hazing at fraternities is an example of people's need to be in the in-group even if it means going against their own ideas, beliefs, or principles.

true

This principle of checks and balances is a way to spread out power among individuals and groups.

true

While not empirically founded, childhood traumas have been theorized as reasons why destructive leaders exploit others for their own purposes.

true

conducive environments

unique environments that are fertile for and promotive of the development of destructive leadership

Which of the following is a characteristic of destructive leadership?

use of coercion