The dark side of leadership : identifying and overcoming unethical practice in organizations

This book explores the dark side of leadershipthose areas of unethical, unlawful and unconscionable practice in which some organizational leaders engage. Each chapter addresses a unique aspect of such practice, and takes on difficult (and often ignored) topics such as lying, deliberate miscommunicat...

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Other Authors Normore, Anthony H. (Editor), Brooks, Jeffrey S., 1970- (Editor)
Format Electronic Book
Published Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016.
SeriesAdvances in educational administration ; v. 26.
Subjects
Leadership > Moral and ethical aspects.
Business ethics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781786354990
ISSN1479-3660 ;
DOI10.1108/S1479-3660201726
Physical Description1 online resource (296 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • "Irresponsible leadership" and unethical practices in schools: a conceptual framework of the "dark side" of educational leadership
  • Anatomy of an organizational train wreck: a failed leadership paradigm
  • A consideration of ethical leadership in ontario university governance
  • Rethinking leadership in k-12: ensuring that those in positions of leadership are also positioned to lead
  • Unethical decision-making of school principals and vice-principals in the arab education system in israel: the interplay between culture and ethnicity
  • "strong people dont need strong leaders"
  • Coming in from out of the dark
  • The destructive effects of distrust: leaders as brokers of trust in organizations
  • Global core leadership competencies: a response to "institutional culture" and (in)-competence in higher education
  • Performance = leadership: shifting institutional research performance
  • Increasing darkness: combining toxic leadership and volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (vuca)
  • The seven deadly narratives of leadership
  • Perpetuating inequality in education: valuing purpose over process in educational leadership
  • Why leaders are not always to blame: from "free will" to responsible action
  • About the authors
  • Index.

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