Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of transformational and instrumental leadership on the individual performance of the employee and the financial performance in Brazilian startups. Design/methodology/approach - The adopted methodological construction strategy...

Introduction to dysfunctional leadership -- Bullying -- Tyrant leadership -- Unethical leadership -- The dark triad -- The dark triad -- Narcissism -- Psychopaths running our organizations -- Machiavellian leadership : the story of a prince -- Surviving the dysfunction -- The role organizations...

The definitive introduction to the study of leadership, covering key theories and issues whilst examining leadership practice through a range of distinctive case study examples chosen to challenge the common misconception of leadership being only for the 'great and good'.