Title: Development and Validation of the Toxic Leadership Scale
While many publications focus on traits and behaviors that make leaders effective, some leaders engage in dysfunctional and destructive behaviors. These “toxic leadership” styles have been largely unexplored. The goals of this study were to empirically derive the dimensions of toxic leadership..
Contents
Introduction
Defining “Toxic Leadership”
Destructive Leadership Styles
The ‘Dark Side” of Charisma
Petty Tyranny
Abusive Supervision
Narcissistic Leadership
Authoritarian Leadership
Phase 1: Specification of the content domain of toxic leadership
Method for Phase 1
Participants
Procedure
Results of Phase 1
Themes from preliminary content validity
Self-Promotion
Unpredictability
Unprofessional Behaviors
Q-sort Coding
Q-Sort Method
Phase 2: Quantitative Assessment of Toxic Leadership Scales
Method for Phase 2
Participants
Measures
Procedures
Analyses
Results of Phase 2
Convergent and Discriminant Validity
Predictive Power of the Toxic Leadership Scale
Discussion56
Limitations and Future Research
Conclusion
Results Tables
Appendices
Appendix A – Focus Group Discussion Guide
Appendix B – Q-Sort Responses
Appendix C – Participants’ Job Titles and Industries
Appendix D – Quantitative Survey
Appendix E – Final Scales
References
Author: Schmidt, Andrew A.
Source: University of Maryland
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