Employee experiences of toxic leadership
- May 13
- 2 min read
This research symposium presented at the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology Conference centers around better understanding toxic leadership. Our study explored the daily impact of performance demanding leader behavior on employees.
Symposium overview: This symposium explores how toxic leadership—including unethical, immoral, abusive, and performance-driving acts—influence employees’ affect, leader evaluations, and behaviors in situations of various types of organizational culture, exchange relationship, and other social contextual cues. The social context’s influence on toxic leader dynamics, including if “toxicity” exists, is illuminated.
Symposium organizers: Debra L. Shapiro, University of Maryland, Co-Chair Feng Qiu, University of Oregon, Co-Chair
Symposium authors: Salar Mesdaghinia, Eastern Michigan University, Blaine Austin Lewis, University of Houston, Feng Qiu, University of Oregon, Robert Eisenberger, University of Houston, → Leader’s Immorality Encouragement
Kelly Beavan, University of Maryland, Jordan Epistola, University of Maryland, College Park, Paul J. Hanges, University of Maryland, Jeffrey William Lucas, University of Maryland, Debra L. Shapiro, University of Maryland, → Responses to Unethical and Immoral Leaders and the Role of Organizational Culture
Debra L. Shapiro, University of Maryland, Robert J Bies, Georgetown University, Thomas M. Tripp, Washington State University, → Abusive Leader or Master Motivator? The Influence of PDLB and the Social Context
Rebecca J. Bennett, University of Central Florida, Reka Anna Lassu, University of Central Florida, Neal M. Ashkanasy, University of Queensland, Mark Martinko, Florida A&M University, → When Performance Demanding Leader Behavior Is Seen as Abusive: A Daily Diary Study
Maureen L. Ambrose, University of Central Florida, Discussant
Citation: Bennett, R.J., Lassu, R.A., Ashkanasy, N.M., & Martinko, M.J. (2019). When performance demanding leader behavior is seen as abusive: A daily diary study. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting. 4-6 April 2019. Washington D.C.
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