Description
Over the last two decades the many corporate scandals and failures have given rise to an interest in bad leadership. This represents a shift from the core assumption in the majority of leadership research that “leadership is good”.
Furthermore, psychopathy in the workplace has been researched in the literature, however the conceptualisation of it fails to capture the complete picture of the construct and more research into the phenomenon is called for. Approaches that address this gap and enable deeper exploration and understanding of the dimensionality of psychopathy in the workplace appear to be warranted.
This webinar brings together two resource persons who will engage in a leadership discourse that is informed by theory and practice. In this talk, the development of thinking about the nature, causes, and consequences of the “dark side” of leadership will be explored. The seasoned experts will provide a review of the psychopathy construct in the workplace and evaluate the existing measures in terms of their strengths and weaknesses in relation to others. Most importantly, a novel view of these concepts will be provided.
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Provider Information
BAM Leadership & Leadership Development SIG
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Who Should Attend?
This event particularly speaks to A1, A2, C1, as indicated by BAM Framework.
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Benefits of Attendance
- A nuanced conceptualisation of the dark side of leadership
- Deeper exploration and understanding of psychopathy in the workplace
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Theoretical and practical implications of the dark side of leadership and psychopathy
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Facilitators
Professor Christian Harrison
Christian Harrison is a Professor of Leadership and Enterprise in the University of Bolton. He is the Director of the Centre for Leadership and Empowerment in Greater Manchester Business School. He is also leading the Research Excellence Framework (REF) for Unit of Assessment 17 in the Business School. Christian is a well-known and recognised scholar in the field of Leadership and provides regular expert media commentary on Scottish Television News (STV), Scotland Tonight, the Herald, the Conversation, Sunday Post, the Guardian Nigeria.
He is also the author of numerous published research papers on Leadership which is his major research interest and serves as the Director of Studies/First Supervisor of several Doctoral students. He has successfully supervised several doctoral students to completion and his current students are working on projects on Authentic leadership, Entrepreneurial leadership, Transformational leadership, Ethical leadership etc.
Furthermore, he is an active member of several learned organisations. He is the Chair of the Leadership and Leadership Development Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management and Chair of the Academy for African Studies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Business Administration and Knowledge Management (FIBAKM), Associate Vice President, Chartered Institute of Business Administration and Knowledge Management and serves on several review panels, committees and editorial boards. He is an external examiner to other UK universities such as Heriot Watt University, De Montfort University and University of Aberdeen. Christian is the editor of New Frontiers in African Business and Society by Emerald Publishing and Routledge Studies in Leadership and Leadership Development. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Certified Management and Business Educator of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CMBE).
Christian works extensively as a consultant, speaker and trainer on leadership skills development within organisations. He has delivered several CPDs and sessions on leadership to the Scottish Government Directors, UK Cabinet office staff, NHS, corporate organisations, SMEs etc. He is the founder of the NGO; The Leadership Mould Initiative International and the author of the bestselling book entitled ‘Leadership Theory and Research: A Critical Approach to New and Existing Paradigms’ published by Palgrave MacMillan. In addition, Christian has also authored several video publications on leadership. These videos cover established leadership theories providing a nuanced conceptualisation of the field.
Professor Malcolm Higgs
Malcolm Higgs is a Professor of Leadership and Strategy at Birmingham City University Business School and an Emeritus Professor of Organisation Behaviour at Southampton University. He is also a visiting Professor at the Fortune Institute of International Business in Delhi, India.
Prior to joining BCU, he was Professor of Organisation Behaviour at Hull University Business School. Prior to that he was the head of the HRM and OB department in Southampton University Business school, having previously been the Head of the School. Before joining Southampton, Malcolm held posts at Henley Business School including Academic Dean, Director of the Leadership Group and Research Director.
Before moving into academia, Malcolm had a career in consulting with 9 years as an international partner with Towers Perrin.
He is a chartered occupational psychologist and has developed psychometric instruments for the assessment of Emotional Intelligence and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership as well as continuing with consulting activities. His research interests relate to many aspects of leadership, emotional intelligence, and change management as well as a range of broader organisation behaviour topics relating to both leaders, followers and organisational culture.
Malcolm has published extensively in many leading academic journals as well as writing a range of books.
Dr Sinem Bulkan
Dr Sinem Bulkan is a Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour and Programme Director for the Improvement Leader Apprenticeship/ Henley Executive Diploma in Managing Business Transformation at Henley Business School.
Sinem holds a PhD (Eng) in Organisational Behaviour from Marmara University, Istanbul, and an MA in Finance and Accounting from Kingston University, London. Her PhD research explored the effects of psychopathic manager behaviour on employee deviant behaviours through the mediating effect of revenge motive and moderating roles of attitude importance and core self-evaluations.
Before her academic career, Sinem gained 12 years of work experience as a regional sales manager and finance manager in the automotive and education sectors in Istanbul.
Her research interests lie in the area of the impact of dark leadership (psychopathic manager behaviour, narcissistic leadership, abusive supervision etc) on employee behaviours and attitudes. Sinem has presented her research at academic conferences such as the British Academy of Management (BAM) 2018, the European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2018 and 2019 and Irish Academy of Management (IAM) 2019, where she received the Best Paper Award.
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Contact
For general enquiries please contact the BAM Office at [email protected]
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Event Fee
BAM Members fee: Free
Non-BAM Members: £30
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Payment and Cancellation Policy
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Cancellations
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