“…Most of the behaviours of an abusive leader evident in this research are also present in one way or another in the current literature on abusive leadership (e.g. Ashforth, 1994Ashforth, ,1997Bamberger and Bacharach, 2006;Baron and Neuman, 1998;Craig and Gustafson, 1998;Duffy et al, 2002;Keashly, 2001;Keashly et al, 1994;Tepper, 2000;Vaez et al, 2004;Robinson and Bennett, 1995). For example, some the behaviours identified in our research align with Kellerman's (2004) seven types of bad leadership.…”