The Institutionalization of Genocidal Leadership: Pol Pot and a Cambodian Dystopia

Cunha, MPE; Rego, A; Clegg, S

The Institutionalization of Genocidal Leadership: Pol Pot and a Cambodian Dystopia

Cunha, MPE Rego, A Clegg, S

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Citation:: Journal of Leadership Studies, 2015, 9 (1), pp. 6 - 18
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cunha, MPE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Leadership Studies, 2015, 9 (1), pp. 6 - 18	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1935-2611	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36604
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 University of Phoenix. Misleadership is defined as leadership process involving a complex interplay of leader, follower, and situational elements, inscribing a vicious circle of intensifying dysfunctional action. It is tempting to see misleadership as the result of the madness of one leader. It is also misleading. Leadership research has been insufficiently attentive to misleadership and, in particular, to the misleadership factors intervening in genocidal processes. Discussed in the current article are the antecedents and the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the 1970s as an extreme case of misleadership. Lessons from the Polpotist dystopia are derived and reflections on possible contra-strategies are presented. In particular, it is suggested that it is necessary to distinguish measures for social change that are admissible and positive, from negative utopian visions that are negative, inadmissible, and facilitative of evil leadership.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Leadership Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/jls.21346	en_US
dc.title	The Institutionalization of Genocidal Leadership: Pol Pot and a Cambodian Dystopia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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© 2015 University of Phoenix. Misleadership is defined as leadership process involving a complex interplay of leader, follower, and situational elements, inscribing a vicious circle of intensifying dysfunctional action. It is tempting to see misleadership as the result of the madness of one leader. It is also misleading. Leadership research has been insufficiently attentive to misleadership and, in particular, to the misleadership factors intervening in genocidal processes. Discussed in the current article are the antecedents and the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the 1970s as an extreme case of misleadership. Lessons from the Polpotist dystopia are derived and reflections on possible contra-strategies are presented. In particular, it is suggested that it is necessary to distinguish measures for social change that are admissible and positive, from negative utopian visions that are negative, inadmissible, and facilitative of evil leadership.

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