Designing a Poisonous Leadership Model with an Interpretive Structural Approach

The aim of this study was to design a poisonous leadership model with an interpretive structural approach in the disciplinary command of Golestan province. Therefore, this research is based on purpose, developmental-applied and based on method, descriptive-survey, which has been carried out as an exploratory mix. For this purpose, in the first step, the constituent elements of the poisonous leadership model were identified from the theoretical literature (by systematic review method) and interviews with experts (10 people). The output of this step was 47 components in 6 dimensions. Interpretive structural modeling was used to design the model. After analyzing the data, the results showed that the foundation of the poisonous leadership model is primarily (psychological characteristics of the leader), second (narcissism), third (authoritarian leadership - offensive leadership) and fourth (unpredictable behaviors - ambition) and The dimensions (authoritarian leadership, narcissism, and psychological characteristics of the leader) are in the independent cluster and the dimensions (ambition and unpredictable behaviors) are in the dependent cluster and the dimension (offensive supervision) is in the cluster. According to the results, it is suggested that the necessary measures and mechanisms be taken to prevent the emergence of a poisonous leadership style in the police command.