文章基本信息
- 标题：An Exploration of Leadership in Post-Primary Schools: The Emergence of Toxic Leadership
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- 作者：Nicola Snow ; Niamh Hickey ; Nicolaas Blom 等
- 期刊名称：Societies
- 印刷版ISSN：2075-4698
- 出版年度：2021
- 卷号：11
- 期号：2
- 页码：54
- DOI：10.3390/soc11020054
- 语种：English
- 出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
- 摘要：The focus of this research was to explore school leadership in post-primary schools using an adapted Schmidt Toxic Leadership Scale ©, which the authors recalibrated to examine both constructive and destructive leadership, the impact on individuals professional and personal lives, and on staff morale. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from 111 teaching professionals via online survey. Findings indicated a notable emergence of toxic leadership experiences which is reported in this paper. In addition, participants reported various and concerning negative consequences including: decreased job satisfaction, professional agency, and staff morale; reduced performance; increased attrition; increased negative behaviours including incivility; stifled career development; reduced self-confidence; depression; stress and anxiety; fear; tearfulness; humiliation; anger; mistrust; exhaustion; burnout; health issues; migraines; weight gain; substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, as well as, negative consequences on personal/home life. The results indicate that the quality of leadership was perceived to influence the health of respondents and had a bearing on their occupational wellbeing. Further research is needed to understand the nature of toxic leadership in education and its effects on organisational members.
- 关键词：toxic leadership dark side of leadership post-primary schools incivility decreased;wellbeing
