Schyns Birgit - When leadership goes wrong: destructive leadership, mistakes, and ethical failures

Merethe Schanke Aasland is a research fellow and a PhD-student at the University of Bergen, and a member of the Bergen Bulllying Research Group. Aasland is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former consultant in the field of work and organizational psychology, currently completing her PhD-thesis on destructive leadership in organizations. Other research interests are leadership, counterproductive behaviors and workplace bullying. Her work has appeared in journals such as British Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Contact: Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Norway.

Mary Bardes has a PhD in business administration with a concentration in management from the University of Central Florida. She is an assistant professor of management at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Marys primary research interests include workplace deviance and destructive leader behaviors. She has published research articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Mary teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behavior and leadership. Contact: LeBow College of Business, Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Michelle C. Bligh is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. Her research interests include charismatic leadership, interpersonal trust, and political and executive leadership. Her work has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership, Employee Relations, Leadership Quarterly, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Group and Organization Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, and The Journal of Business Ethics. She was awarded the 2007 SAGE Best Paper Award in Group and Organization Management and the 2003 SAGE Outstanding Paper Award for Research Methods. She also serves on the editorial review board of The Leadership Quarterly and Leadership, coedited a special issue of Applied Psychology: An International Review on follower-centric approaches to leadership, and coedited a recent book titled Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Dr. Bligh has also helped a variety of public and private sector organizations assess and improve their effectiveness in the areas of leadership development, organizational culture, and change management. Contact: School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont, CA, United States.

Kathleen Boies is an associate professor of management at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University. She received her PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on leadership and, in particular, how leaders shape followers thought processes and emotions. She teaches leadership in undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs. Dr. Boies articles have appeared in journals including Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and European Journal of Personality. Contact: Department of Management, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.

Susanne Braun is a PhD student and scientific associate at LMU Center for Leadership and People Management, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany. She received her diploma in psychology from University of Muenster, Germany. She holds a certificate in systemic management coaching and teaches other doctoral students in the fields of leadership and motivation, teamwork, communication and conflict management. Her research interests include women in leadership positions, transformational leadership, and leadership development in academia. Contact: LMU Center for Leadership and People Management; Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany.

Diane J. Chandler (PhD, Regent University) is associate professor of leadership and formation at Regent University School of Divinity. She teaches graduate courses in leadership development, women in leadership, and holistic/spiritual formation. She has published articles in the areas of unethical leadership, leadership burnout, leadership self-care, and women in global leadership. She has served on various religious and nonprofit boards. Dr. Chandler participates in educational and service trips in various global locations, which have taken her to the United Arab Emirates, China, and Mongolia. She has served as a life coach, as well as a consultant for nonprofit organizations. Contact: Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, United States.

Lily Cushenbery is a graduate student in industrial and organizational psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research areas include leader error recovery and malevolent creativity. Lily is also a research assistant at the International Center for the Study of Terrorism and has managed several research studies and applied projects. Contact: Department of Psychology, Penn State University, PA, United States.

Marilyn Nicole Deese is currently a research analyst at Midwestern State University. After graduating from Centenary College of Louisiana, she earned a masters in applied psychology with an emphasis in industrial/ organizational psychology from Clemson University. She has presented research at the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Work, Stress, and Health conferences. Ms. Deeses research interests include the study of positive organizational behavior, personal resources, work engagement, occupational health psychology, and destructive leadership. Contact: Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States.

Bi-Hong Deng is a doctoral candidate in organizational behavior at the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University, and holds a BS in psychobiology from University of California, Los Angeles. Her core research interests are in positive leadership and followership, organizational learning, creativity and innovation, and knowledge management. Specializing in self-development and adult learning, she conducts training workshops for nonprofit organizations and is involved with the American Society for Training and Development, Academy of Management, and Center for Creative Leadership. Contact: School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont, CA, United States.

Jessica Dzieweczynski is a consultant at Federal Management Partners, a strategic human capital company dedicated to improving the effectiveness of the federal government. Dr. Dzieweczynski specializes in the areas of program evaluation, survey design and analysis, competency modeling, and workload analyses and forecasts. She has published in scholarly journals on topics including leadership, validity, and personality. Contact: Federal Management Partners Consulting, Alexandria, VA, United States.