Balwant, P., Birdi, K.S. and Stephan, U. (2019) The dimensionality and measurement of destructive instructor-leadership. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 23 (2). pp. 152-174. ISSN 1360-3124
Abstract
The conceptualization of destructive leadership has received increasing attention in recent times. Accordingly, researchers have developed a theoretical model of destructive leadership that highlights two manifestations as follows: (1) leading followers towards goals that contradict the organization’s interests and (2) the use of harmful methods in leading followers. The two manifestations of destructive leadership point to the concept being multidimensional. However, researchers rarely investigate the dimensionality of destructive leadership when measuring the concept in general and in instructor-student relationships. Moreover, the most prominent measure of destructive leadership fails to capture its two manifestations adequately. To address the apparent mismatch between the theory and measurement of destructive instructor-leadership, we enhance an existing measure of destructive leadership. Using a sample of 174 students from the UK, the findings indicated that the two manifestations of destructive instructor-leadership can be measured by 13 items, and was composed of three dimensions including, irresponsibility, victimization, and callous communication. These findings, along with limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Leadership in Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Destructive instructor-leadership; destructive leadership; dimensionality; measurement; theory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2019 09:05 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2021 10:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13603124.2018.1543803 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140853 |