Exploring what has been called "The Dark Side" of management and organizational behavior, this volume includes chapters on a range of topics including abusive supervision attributions, dysfunctional mentors, destructive executives, social exclusion, public and private deviance, and instrumental counterproductive behavior.

Exploring what has been called "The Dark Side" of management and organizational behavior, this volume includes chapters on a range of topics including abusive supervision attributions, dysfunctional mentors, destructive executives, social exclusion, public and private deviance, and instrumental counterproductive behavior.

We are living in an age of pervasive distrust, one so severe that journalists discuss the "trust deficit" almost as regularly as they do trade or economic shortfalls. Perceptions of injustice and lack of fairness have increased so much during the years after the economic crash of 2008 that few organizations, both public and private, have been left unaffected. In fact, numerous opinion polls illustrate deep distrust on the part of participants towards political leaders, government organizations, and certainly, business leaders across many industries. Democrats, Republicans, conservatives,...

We are living in an age of pervasive distrust, one so severe that journalists discuss the "trust deficit" almost as regularly as they do trade or economic shortfalls. Perceptions of injustice and lack of fairness have increased so much during the years after the economic crash of 2008 that few organizations, both public and private, have been left unaffected. In fact, numerous opinion polls illustrate deep distrust on the part of participants towards political leaders, government organizations, and certainly, business leaders across many industries. Democrats, Republicans, conservatives,...