Contents

#### **Preface XI**



Preface

salaries and bonuses.

tures all play a part in this process.

management and service leadership theory.

Leaders and managers are popular conversation topics when people meet. Especially bad leaders. And that is not that strange. We spend a great part of our lives in the workplace. How we feel at work is dictated to a great extent by our leaders and managers. They have the power to assign us our tasks and responsibilities, while deciding over benefits such as

Scientifically, negative leadership has also gained more attention in recent years. It is well documented what behaviors are considered destructive and what the consequences of such behaviors are for the leader, the subordinates, and the organization. More focus has also been directed at the fact that the leader is a part of a context that influences the leader's be‐ haviors and how the subordinates perceive the leader. The organizational culture and struc‐

In this book we have nine chapters, all addressing the issue of the dark side of organization‐ al behavior and leadership. We gain knowledge and reflections from different contexts such as the military, the public sector, architectural design offices, and educational settings. Indi‐ vidual and organizational barriers are described as well as the social context in which nega‐ tive leadership occurs. Negative leadership is also connected to people-centric approaches to

**Maria Fors Brandebo and Aida Alvinius**

Swedish Defence University

Karlstad, Sweden

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership
