The toxic triangle: Destructive leaders, susceptible followers, and conducive environments.

By A. Padilla, Robert P. Hogan, R. Kaiser. 2007

1,019 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Strategy and Management

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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Staale Einarsen
2. A. Skogstad
3. Kathie L. Pelletier
4. Christian N. Thoroughgood
5. Samuel T. Hunter
6. Torbjørn Torsheim
7. S. Marić
8. I. Milošević

In Social Psychology

1. A. Skogstad
2. Samuel T. Hunter
3. Staale Einarsen
4. P. D. Harms
5. Michael D. Mumford
6. Wayne A. Hochwarter
7. K. Thompson
8. G. Ouimet

In Strategy and Management

1. Samuel T. Hunter
2. Kathie L. Pelletier
3. Michael D. Mumford
4. Jennifer A. Chatman
5. Staale Einarsen
6. P. D. Harms
7. Bernadette Doerr
8. Christian N. Thoroughgood

Citations in the corpus

• Destructive Leadership (2013, background): “Furthermore, future research should more extensively examine the role of followers in the processes underlying DL (cf. Padilla et al., 2007).”
• Leader toxicity: An empirical investigation of toxic behavior and rhetoric (2010, background): “Future research should also identify and evaluate empirically the organizational conditions (e.g., the toxic triangle) that may enable the emergence of leader toxicity (Padilla et al., 2007) and the consequences of these destructive behaviors at the individual and organizational levels.”
• Beware the angry leader: Trait anger and trait anxiety as predictors of petty tyranny ☆ (2013, background): “The second dimension of leadership addresses the individual subordinate (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995), which is repeated in the toxic triangle model of leader derailment (Padilla et al., 2007).”
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Leadership and Narcissism (2009, background): “…al., 2008; Rowland and Higgs, 2008 Abusive leadership Ashforth, 1994a; Maccoby, 2000, 2004; Tepper, 2000 Destructive leadership Kets de Vries, 1993; Klein and House, 1995; Hogan and Hogan, 2001; Padilla et al., 2007; Padilla and Malvey, 2008 conspicuous and an urge to take initiative and control.”
• The dark side of personality at work (2014, background): “It is natural to consider the relationship between negative aspects of leadership and dark personality (Krasikova, Green, & LeBreton, 2013; Padilla et al. 2007).”
• Impact of Aversive Leadership on Job Outcomes: Moderation and Mediation Model (2018, background): “As per Padilla, Hogan, and Kaiser (2007) study, the researcher’s thought has shifted to a destructive sort of leadership.”