The Impact on the Psychological Health of Employees through Egotism of Managers Resorting to Workplace Bullying and Destructive Leadership- a Hypothetical Case Study Approach.

Abstract

Past research has focused on workplace bullying and destructive leadership in times of crises has restrained its prejudiced boundaries by relying excessively upon psychological and social-psychological perspectives. Alarming stress reactions can result from Workplace bullying which refers to continuous exposure to frequent hostile behaviors at work. Due to workplace bullying, a vast number of people and organizations are being impacted in several ways leading to serious psychological issues for employees. In the larger view, workplace bullying and adopting a destructive or tyrannical leadership impacts working conditions, health and safety, personal life, and the right of all to equal opportunity and treatment. In this paper, an effort is made to understand how leaders respond during crucial stages of organization restructuring and how the leadership styles affect the psychological well-being of employees through a hypothetical case study. On the whole, this paper suggests the approaches that could lead to a more rational approach in maintaining the psychological health of employees rather than resorting to workplace harassment and adopting a destructive leadership style.Keywords: Workplace Bullying, Destructive Leadership, Tyrannical leadership, Psychological Health