Destructive Leadership in the Workplace and its Consequences: Translating theory and research into evidence-based practice

About Paula broughVicki Webster

Dr Webster completed a research PhD on The dark side of leadership and its impact on followers in 2016.  She has considerable practical experience in leadership assessment design and implementation of leadership development programs and design and implementation of interventions to protect organisations and employees from the effects of destructive leadership.  Vicki is keen to share evidence-based strategies with as many researchers managers and practitioners as possible to give them the tools to mitigate the impact of destructive leadership in organisations. Paula Brough is a Professor of Organisational Psychology in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University in Brisbane Australia and Leader of the Occupational Health Psychology Research Lab. Paulas primary research and teaching areas are occupational stress and coping employee mental health and wellbeing work engagement work-life balance workplace conflict (bullying harassment toxic leadership) and the psychosocial work environment. Paula assesses how work environments can be improved via job redesign supportive leadership practices and enhanced equity to improve employee health work commitment and productivity. Paula works with a variety of organisations to reduce their employees experiences of stress and burnout and to improve employees wellbeing mental health and work-life balance. This work includes group and individual training to improve both long-term leadership skills and the follow-on wellbeing and performance of their workers. Paula has authored over 60 industry reports over 120 journal articles and book chapters and has produced 9 scholarly books based on her research. Paula is an Associate Editor of Work & Stress and is Board member of Journal of Organizational Behaviour International Journal of Stress Management and the BPS Work-Life Balance Bulletin.