Authors : Dr. John Motsamai Modise

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August

Google Scholar : https://tinyurl.com/22st8c24

Scribd : https://tinyurl.com/kmkthm68

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10147196

Abstract : The article's goal was to make readers more conscious of the detrimental consequences toxic leadership has on workers' levels of output, motivation, and satisfaction. It is necessary to deepen our understanding of the impact toxic leadership has on employee satisfaction, motivation, and output. Ineffective leaders are those who lack the abilities or act in ways that are incompatible with effective leadership. Negative Leadership has approached the topic from several different perspectives. The article provides an in-depth overview of toxic leadership, destructive leadership, abusive supervision, and unethical leadership. These concepts are then used to analyze case studies. The majority of research and thought on leadership has focused on what makes a good leader. Leaders are deemed ineffective if they lack the traits or display the actions required for effective leadership. In his extensive framework for leadership. Bass published seven distinct leadership types, each with subtypes. Toxic management, weak leadership, narcissistic leadership, leader error, and small-scale tyranny are a few of them. A damaging leadership approach, toxic leadership can hurt both people and organizations. However, there is still no agreement on how to react to the question of whether leadership practices are perceived as improper, detrimental, or toxic to enterprises, and there is no precise definition of the term in the related literature. Toxic leadership refers to a leadership style that is harmful to its subordinates and, consequently, to the company they work for. A pattern of actions that are not only detrimental but also encourage leaders to pursue their own goals and rewards at the expense of the interests of their team members is known as toxic leadership. Lower-level employees in the business can be negatively affected by the destructive behavior of leaders in the workplace.

Keywords : Police leadership, police management, leadership, toxic leadership, destructive leadership, abusive supervision, unethical leadership, Workplace Deviant Behavior.