The Consequences of “Dark” Leadership: Perspective of Generation Z

Tadas Vadvilavičius; Aurelija Stelmokienė

doi:10.1515/mosr-2019-0016

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The Consequences of “Dark” Leadership: Perspective of Generation Z

Management of Organizations: Systematic Research

Volume 82 (2019): Issue 1 (December 2019)

By: Tadas Vadvilavičius and Aurelija Stelmokienė

Open Access

|Mar 2020

Abstract

The paper examines the relationship between the Dark Triad personality traits and leadership outcomes from the perspective of Generation Z. A quasi-experiment with hypothetical leaders’ scenarios as stimulus was applied in this empirical research.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2019-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2335-8750 | Journal ISSN: 1392-1142

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