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The Shadow Side of Leadership

In: Handbook of Top Management Teams

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  • Manfred Kets Vries
  • Katharina Balazs

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This chapter explores the origins and manifestations of the failure factors in leadership. It reviews some of the psychological pressures leaders face, such as the loneliness of command, addiction to power, fear of envy, depression and narcissistic behaviour. It makes a distinction between two forms of narcissism: reactive and constructive. Furthermore, it explores the relationship between personality, leadership style, culture, strategy and organisation. The article concludes by making a number of suggestions of how to cope with dysfunctional leadership behaviour.

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  • Manfred Kets Vries & Katharina Balazs, 2010. "The Shadow Side of Leadership," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frank Bournois & Jérôme Duval-Hamel & Sylvie Roussillon & Jean-Louis Scaringella (ed.), Handbook of Top Management Teams, chapter 18, pages 183-190, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30533-5_19
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230305335_19
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