Overview of Types of Leadership for Start-Ups and MSMEs

Abstract

It is the objective of this chapter to attempt to explore and define the many forms of negative leadership theories from literature and review the studies that have occurred on each type of leadership. The aim of this chapter is to showcase how each leadership can positively or negatively affect organisations, especially start-ups who are often considered vulnerable due to lack of resources. Such examples include destructive leadership, abusive leadership, dysfunctional leadership, aversive leadership, tyrannical leadership, and others. While some theories may be more applicable than others for start-ups, this chapter attempts to explore other less-discussed theories of leadership from literature but may be relevant such as dysfunctional leadership. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to derive the countless leadership types identified in psychology and sociology literature and showcase an overview of these theories for start-ups and MSMEs.