Why Leaders Behave Badly - A Freudian Perspective on Bad Leadership

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2014 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisational and Economic Psychology, , language: English, abstract: In this paper, important works on leadership and psychology are reviewed. The literature review provides an overarching analysis of the psychology of leadership and has a focus on bad leadership. The paper follows by presenting an original psychological evaluation of two bad leaders, as defined by author Barbara Kellerman: Vincent Cianci Jr. and Mario Villanueva. The basis of this analysis is influenced by Sigmund Freud and his psycho-analytic works. The paper concludes with a discussion of why it is important to incorporate psychological factors into leadership studies and a call for future, similar research. The conclusion also highlights the benefits associated with the continued study of both bad leadership and bad followership.

Product details

• Authors: Noah Glazier
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783656916567
• ISBN: 978-3-656-91656-7
• No. of pages: 28
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 56 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V293842; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V293842
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works