The paradox of nice leadership: An exploratory mapping of passive toxicity
Published online on April 29, 2026
Abstract
Leadership, Ahead of Print.
While leadership theories often celebrate empathy and accommodation, this exploratory quantitative study reveals how the excessive manifestation of these behaviours—defined here asnicenessrather than genuinekindness—crosses into toxicity, undermining ...
While leadership theories often celebrate empathy and accommodation, this exploratory quantitative study reveals how the excessive manifestation of these behaviours—defined here asnicenessrather than genuinekindness—crosses into toxicity, undermining ...