“Destructive Leadership – Antecedents and Consequences”

While a lot of leadership research has focused on positive behavior, more and more knowledge has become available on negative aspects of leadership. The reason for this shift is an acknowledgment that negative leadership can have serious consequences for followers (e.g., in terms of stress, well-being, and health), organizations (such as lower performance, reputation issues), and leaders themselves (e.g., for their career path).

Negative aspects of leadership have been captured under many headings, such as destructive leadership, toxic leadership, or abusive leadership. This topical issue does not narrow the focus to one specific definition; however, defining which type of leadership is the focus of any specific contribution will be crucial so that its place in the literature can be clearly determined. Therefore, we will put particular emphasis on theoretical definitions in each contribution.

The focus of this topical issue is on understanding more about the triggers of destructive leadership, both in terms of actual destructive behavior (such as the relevance of leader personality or organizational/cultural context) as well as outcomes, specifically in how far effects of destructive leadership can be prevented or what facilitates/hinders negative outcomes of destructive leadership. We are looking for original empirical articles as well as review-type articles or theoretical contributions that outline new models of thinking about destructive leadership.

How to submit: Interested authors should submit a letter of intent including: (1) a working title for the manuscript, (2) names, affiliations, and contact information for all authors, and (3) an abstract detailing the content of the proposed manuscript to either of the guest editors:

• Jan Schilling (mailto:jan.schilling@nds-sti.de)
• Birgit Schyns (mailto:birgit.schyns@durham.ac.uk)

There is a two-stage submissions process. Initially, authors are requested to submit only abstracts of their proposed papers. Authors of the selected abstracts will then be invited to submit full papers. All papers will undergo blind peer review.

• Deadline for submission of abstracts is October 15, 2013.
• Deadline for submission of full papers is February 15, 2014.

For additional information, please contact:

• Jan Schilling (mailto:jan.schilling@nds-sti.de)
• Birgit Schyns (mailto:birgit.schyns@durham.ac.uk)

General Information About the Journal

The Zeitschrift für Psychologie was founded in 1890 and is the second oldest psychology journal in the world. One of the founding editors was Herrmann Ebbinghaus. Since 2007, it is published in English and is devoted to publishing topical issues that provide state-of-the-art reviews of current research in psychology.

For detailed author guidelines, please see the journal’s website at www.hogrefe.com/journals/zfp/