Analyse de la qualité méthodologique des outils de mesure du leadership tyrannique : les chercheurs et les praticiens possèdent-ils des instruments de mesure adaptés au système scolaire québécois?
Tyrannical leadership is a type of destructive leadership in which the leader uses humiliation, belittlement and manipulation to influence employees in achieving work-related goals. In the United States more than one in ten workers is a victim of this type of leadership. Such a leader can have devastating consequences for employees, work teams and organisations. A better understanding of the antecedents and mechanisms that promote tyrannical leadership within organisations would allow the tailoring of selection and training processes in order to reduce its occurrence and the negative consequences it engenders. There are a limited number of studies that have been carried out in the education sector. Several variables associated with the construct are observable in the daily life of school administrators and teachers (for example, high work demands, lack of resources, high level of burnout and psychological distress), highlighting the need to study tyrannical leadership in this environment. However, this requires having tools that allow us to properly capture the construct. Several issues related to the measurement of tyrannical leadership require particular attention, such as the multiplicity of tools and their variants, the non-consensus with regards to the dimensionality, the use of a diversity of sources and the possible individual or cultural variability as to what is perceived as abuse. A better understanding of these would shed light on methodological choices that could counter the limitations of current tools. In order to meet this need, the objective of this study is to carry out a systematic review of tools used to measure tyrannical leadership and discuss their quality according to the targeted measurement issues, so as to identify how a validated measure could be adapted to the Quebec school environment. The goal is to help researchers and practitioners in choosing and adapting, if necessary, their measuring instrument in order to more effectively capture the construct.
Supervision abusive Tyrannical leadership Abusive supervision Education Measure Measurement artefacts Work and organisational psychology