Destructive Leadership in the Workplace and Its Consequences: Translating Theory and Research Into Evidence-Based Practice - Hardcover

by Vicki Webster (Author), Paula Brough (Author)

With relevance across public, private and not-for-profit sectors, and combining perspectives from both the business and psychology worlds, this book is a cross-disciplinary look at how destructive leaders can impact organisations and their workers, and how best to recognise and deal with them.

This text bridges the gap between the theory and the practical application, by taking the academic research and translating this for students, managers and practitioners in the field into practicable interventions they can use in their everyday practice to recognise and resolve issues raised by destructive leaders.

Using case studies throughout, this guide takes the theory and places it in the real world, helping readers take the theory beyond the page and apply it to their practice.

Author Biography

Dr Webster completed a research PhD on The dark side of leadership and its impact on followers in 2016. She has considerable practical experience in leadership assessment, design and implementation of leadership development programs, and design and implementation of interventions to protect organisations and employees from the effects of destructive leadership. Vicki is keen to share evidence-based strategies with as many researchers, managers and practitioners as possible, to give them the tools to mitigate the impact of destructive leadership in organisations.

Professor Paula Brough is employed in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Australia and is Director of the Social & Organizational Psychology Research Unit. Professor Brough's research focuses on the evaluation and enhancement of occupational psychological health, with specific interests in occupational stress, coping and work-life balance. Her research has focused on two main categories: (1) reducing experiences of occupational stress within the high-risk industries and, (2) enhancing individual health and organisational performance. Paula has worked with UK, NZ and Australian police services for the past 15 years focusing specifically on police stress, and also with other high-risk groups (ambulance, fire, corrections and customs services). Paula has published over 50 academic works based on her research, is the Chief Investigator on several local, national and international research grants, and supervises both post-graduate and post-doctoral organisational psychology researchers. Paula holds memberships of journal editorial boards, serves as an academic reviewer for competitive research grants, psychology journals and conferences, and regularly presents her work to both academic and industry audiences.