The Dark Side of Leadership.

Previous studies have ignored the leadership role in management and documented complex challenges in this field with respect to effective leadership. Related to the issue, destructive leadership has become an emerging area of research. The purpose of current study is to examine the impact of destructive leadership behaviors on turnover intentions and deviant behavior through the mediation of job stress of leaders. In addition, Self-leadership should be integrated within a nomological network, and its associations with the Dark Triad of personality comprising narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, explored. In this study, Narcissism was positively associated with self-leadership scales, whereas Machiavellianism and psychopathy were not. Findings are discussed and future lines of research are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]