About this title: Toxic leaders - such as Ken Lay at Enron or Al Dunlap ("Chainsaw Al") at Sunbeam, or Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia - have always been with us, and many books explain what makes them tick. But in The Allure of Toxic Leaders, Jean Lipman-Blumen explains what makes the followers tick, exploring why we tolerate - and remain steadfastly loyal to - leaders who are destructive to their organizations, their employees, their nations, and their constituents. Why do we knowingly follow, seldom unseat, frequently prefer, and sometimes even create toxic leaders? Lipman-Blumen argues that these leaders ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 9/7/2004
ISBN-13:9780195166347ISBN:0195166345
Description: New. 0195166345 2004 Oxford University Press. Brand New. This hardcover copy, in a new dustjacket, is in excellent condition. The text is unmarked/unread and the binding is sturdy. 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed. We process and ship orders daily. "Lipman-Blumen, a professor of public policy and organizational behavior at Claremont Graduate University, examines the seemingly inexplicable reasons why many employees are loyal to CEOs and politicians who abuse power, cook finances and ... read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2006-10-01
ISBN-13:9780195312003ISBN:0195312007
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2004-09-07
ISBN-13:9780195166347ISBN:0195166345
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195312003ISBN:0195312007
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Edition: First Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195166347ISBN:0195166345
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Discrete remainder mark on bottom. Some surface scratches on back of dust jacket along with wrinkling at top. Protected in a removable archival cover...320 pp. 0195166345. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195312003ISBN:0195312007
Description: New. Toxic leaders, both political, like Slobodan Milosevic, and corporate, like Enron's Ken Lay, have always been with us, and many books have been written to explain what makes them tick. Here leadership scholar Jean Lipman-Blumen explains what makes th... read more
"As assortment of genuinely interesting ideas wrapped in fuzzy prose. The book would have been better if the arguments were presented in a more structured and logical manner (see, e.g., Dean's Conservatives Without Conscience)."
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