3. Shadow Side of Leadership
Narcissism: Freud identified narcissism as behaviors that range from a normal self-centeredness to a pathological self-absorption. Narcissism gives leaders self-assurance that they have the uprightness that leads to followers’ loyalty and group identification (Northouse, 2015, p. 305). Narcissists want to be a leader who are apt to be an extraverted leader and they cannot be seemed to be an effective leader because their leadership effectiveness results from self-report (Grijalva, Harms, Newman, Gaddis & Fraley, 2014).
Strengths
The psychodynamic approach has three strong points. First, this approach helps to look into organizational dynamics above a architectural approach and handles organizational atmosphere and issues like interpersonal communication, social defense and group processes. Second, the approach researches deeply a single person, group, or community with a systemic investigation method. Finally, this approach lays emphasis on the leader-follower relationship based on who makes each of them behave and what explains the relationship type among them (Northouse, 2015, p. 306-307).
Criticisms …show more content…
First, the majority of researches in the beginning was focused on clinical study of analysis of serious human mental issues. This approach concentrates more on dysfunctional behavior based on Freud’s theories than on normal and usual behavior. Second, the approach is not suitable to train in a conventional sense because its focus is to enhance people’s self-awareness to have good behavior and relation towards others. Human behavior is too various to make standards and apply them. Third, a leader’s personality and leadership style can prevent the analysis of individual issues because of the influence of the structural and systemic organization (Northouse, 2015, p.
Narcissism: Freud identified narcissism as behaviors that range from a normal self-centeredness to a pathological self-absorption. Narcissism gives leaders self-assurance that they have the uprightness that leads to followers’ loyalty and group identification (Northouse, 2015, p. 305). Narcissists want to be a leader who are apt to be an extraverted leader and they cannot be seemed to be an effective leader because their leadership effectiveness results from self-report (Grijalva, Harms, Newman, Gaddis & Fraley, 2014).
Strengths
The psychodynamic approach has three strong points. First, this approach helps to look into organizational dynamics above a architectural approach and handles organizational atmosphere and issues like interpersonal communication, social defense and group processes. Second, the approach researches deeply a single person, group, or community with a systemic investigation method. Finally, this approach lays emphasis on the leader-follower relationship based on who makes each of them behave and what explains the relationship type among them (Northouse, 2015, p. 306-307).
Criticisms …show more content…
First, the majority of researches in the beginning was focused on clinical study of analysis of serious human mental issues. This approach concentrates more on dysfunctional behavior based on Freud’s theories than on normal and usual behavior. Second, the approach is not suitable to train in a conventional sense because its focus is to enhance people’s self-awareness to have good behavior and relation towards others. Human behavior is too various to make standards and apply them. Third, a leader’s personality and leadership style can prevent the analysis of individual issues because of the influence of the structural and systemic organization (Northouse, 2015, p.