Measuring a Conductive Environment for Toxic Leadership at USNA
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the environmental factors present at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) that contribute to a toxic leader at the institution imparting destructive effects on his or her followers. This research aims to build on Will Parker and Richard Logazino's 2022 thesis, "Toxic Leadership and Its Impact on Followers and the Command at the United States Naval Academy," that applied the "toxic triangle" model developed by Art Padilla, Robert Hogan, and Robert Kaiser to midshipman leadership at USNA via data collected in a survey given to midshipmen in 2018. Padilla et al.'s research derived from their 2007 Leadership Quarterly study, "The Toxic Triangle: Destructive Leaders, Susceptible Followers, and Conducive Environments." Whereas Parker and Logazino's research focused on all three sides of Padilla et al.'s toxic triangle, our research focuses solely on the model's definition of a conducive environment via proctoring a survey to midshipmen that matches Padilla et al.'s criteria. Based on the analysis of 183 survey responses, we determined that there is a moderate conducive environment to allow toxic leadership to enact negative effects at the Naval Academy among midshipmen, officers, and senior enlisted personnel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1213094
Entities
People
- Kenneth Shim
- Marco C. Alejos
- Nicholas E. Jr Hall
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School