HUBRIS AND EXCESSIVE POSITIVITY IN LEADERSHIP: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 295 - 309, 19.10.2020

Ülkühan Bike Esen

https://doi.org/10.18394/iid.648961

Cited By: 4

Abstract

It is stated
that leadership medallion has two sides. While there exists success,
self-confidence, positivity and enthusiasm on the shiny side, the other side
consists of hubris, overpride and sneer. When mentioning of bad leadership, it
is often considered the features on the dark side. However, it is not possible
to classify a leader as a good or bad leader, only by looking at the meaning of
a trait. Hubristic leaders and prozac leaders are examples. Hubristic
leadership emerges as the result of the increasing success and self-confidence
of the leaders, they are caught in hubris syndrome. Prozac leadership, on the
other hand, is the inability of the leader to foresee impending dangers as a
result of his over-positivity. Therefore, self-confidence and positivity can
have negative consequences in these two types of leadership. The aim of the
study is to cover these types of leadership in a comprehensive way and to
contribute to Turkish literature which is very limited through conceptual
analysis.

Keywords

Hubris, Power Poisoning, Hubristic Leadership, Prozac Leadership

LİDERLİKTE KİBİR VE AŞIRI POZİTİFLİK: BİR LİTERATÜR İNCELEMESİ

Abstract

Liderlik
madalyonunun iki yüzü olduğu ifade edilmektedir. Sürekli parlayan yüzünde,
başarı, özgüven, pozitiflik ve istek yer alırken; diğer yüzünde, kibir, aşırı
gurur ve küçümseme bulunmaktadır. Kötü liderlikten bahsedilirken, genellikle,
karanlık yüzdeki özellikler sayılmaktadır. Ancak, bir özelliğin sadece anlamına
bakılarak, bir liderin iyi veya kötü lider olarak sınıflandırılması mümkün
değildir. Hubristik liderler ve prozac liderler bu duruma örnektir.  Hubristik liderlik, liderlerin zamanla artan
başarılarının ve özgüvenlerinin sonucunda, hubris sendromuna kapılmaları ile
ortaya çıkmaktadır. Prozac liderlik ise, liderin aşırı pozitifliği sonucunda,
yaklaşan tehlikeleri öngörememesidir. Dolayısıyla, özgüven ve pozitiflik,
olumsuz sonuçlar doğurarak, bu iki liderlik türünün ortaya çıkmasına neden
olabilmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı da, zararları çok büyük boyutlara ulaşabilecek
bu liderlik türlerini kapsamlı olarak ele almak ve yapılan kavramsal inceleme
ile sınırlı sayıda yayın bulunan Türkçe yazına katkıda bulunmaktır. 

Keywords

Kibir, Güç Zehirlenmesi, Hubristik Liderlik, Prozac Liderlik

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