Fake Leadership in Higher Education

Investigating Destructive Leadership Styles and their Impact in HE Institutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-12860-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of fake leadership within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), revealing its detrimental impact on organization, job performance and brand commitment among employees. It shows the role of intra-organizational trust, job-related attitudes, and the unique vulnerabilities of HEIs in those processes. Crucially, the book also outlines defensive strategies, which can mitigate these negative effects, emphasizing the importance of transparency, ethical conduct, and collective action within HEIs.

Drawing on empirical research involving over 500 employees of European HEIs, the authors identify specific organizational and individual strategies, which have the potential to combat and mitigate organizational destruction caused by fake leadership within HEIs. 

It is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers committed to safeguarding the future of higher education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bienkowska, Agnieszka

Tworek, Katarzyna

Salamacha, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Leadership in HEIs.- Chapter 2: Fake Leadership in HEIs – job performance, brand commitment and organizational destruction.- Chapter 3: Fake Leadership in HEIs – defensive strategies.- Chapter 4: Fake Leadership in HEIs – empirical research methodology and results.- Chapter 5: Fake Leadership in HEIs - mitigation, removal and prevention strategies implementation.

Über Autor(innen)

Agnieszka Bienkowska is a Full Professor at Faculty of Management, Wroclaw Univeristy of Science and Technology. Previously she was a Vice Rector for Teaching of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Her research areas connect to controlling, organizational behavior and human resources management, especially organizational leadership.

Katarzyna Tworek  is a Full Professor at Faculty of Management at Wroclaw Univeristy of Science and Technology. Previously she was a Dean of Faculty of Management. Her research areas connect to IT management, organizational behavior and human resources management, especially organizational leadership.

Anna Salamacha is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Management at Wroclaw Univeristy of Science and Technology. Her research areas connect to marketing management, in particular brand management, including employer branding and brand performance. Additionally, she is interested in organizational behavior and human resource management.