Conceptual review uncovers drivers of leadership misconduct in healthcare workplaces, suggesting anthropological and psychological insights can inform collective action.
Key Points
To examine why inappropriate behaviors by leaders persist in the medical workplace despite professional values centered on mentorship and respect.
Conducted an interdisciplinary conceptual analysis synthesizing evidence from anthropology and social psychology on dysfunctional leadership dynamics in healthcare environments.
Finds that traditional apprenticeship hierarchies and deferential professional norms create institutional vulnerabilities that facilitate unchecked bullying, harassment, and discrimination by senior staff.
Identifies that interventions focusing solely on individual complaints fail to curtail systemic misconduct without collective, culturally informed organizational action.