... 13 06 2025 22 09 2025 07 10 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Destructive leadership Dark personality Leader narcissism Destructive or “dark side” leadership continues to attract widespread interest...

...Teresa Almeida; Nelson Ramalho; Francisco Esteves Purpose Follower's individual differences have been receiving increased attention in studying destructive leadership because followers may enable or disable it. One of these yet under-researched features is the role of followers' leadership...

...Maria Fors Brandebo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to increased knowledge of destructive leadership in crisis management. The specific research questions are: (1) What types of destructive leadership behaviours can be identified in leaders in crisis management? and (2) Why...

... stronger positive associations with trust in the immediate supervisor and work atmosphere, than destructive leadership behaviours showed negative associations. On the other hand, destructive leadership behaviours showed stronger positive associations with emotional exhaustion and propensity to leave, than...

...Gerry Larsson; Maria Fors Brandebo; Sofia Nilsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a short and easy to use yet psychometrically sound instrument designed to measure destructive leadership behaviours in a military context. Design/methodology/approach First, examples...