myAIPMCrazy, stupid, disobedience: The dark side of paradoxical leadership
Christian Julmi | Leadership
The article shows how leadership power, or more precisely, the abuse of leadership power, in organizations can be explained from a paradox perspective. The author explains how paratoxical leadership leads to dysfunctional outcomes for the individual and the organization and discusses ways to successfully prevent and resolve instances of paratoxical leadership. Increasing complexity people face at work means that paradoxes are becoming a commonplace phenomenon. The key in dealing with paradoxes is seen in embracing rather than resolving paradoxes. On the one hand, they must deal with tensions in their role as leader, and, on the other hand, they are expected to support their followers in coping with paradoxes.
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Julmi, C. (2021) Crazy, stupid, disobedience: The dark side of paradoxical leadership. Leadership. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17427150211040693