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The psychopath test : a journey through the madness industry
\"They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed one on the street today. These are people who have no empathy, who are manipulative, deceitful, charming, seductive, and delusional. The Psychopath Test is the New York Times bestselling exploration of their world and the madness industry\"--P. [4] of cover.
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Finding psychopaths in white-collar jobs: a review of the evidence and why it matters
Purpose
Influential research has posited that empirical investigation provides no evidence for the existence of white-collar/successful psychopaths. The purpose of this current paper is to review evidence for their existence and report on new, primary research that examines ethical outcomes associated with their presence.
Design/methodology/approach
Leading psychopathy researchers called for research using samples of white-collar workers to explore workplace psychopathy. Therefore, the authors undertook a two-stage research process to examine this. Firstly, a structured literature review sought evidence for “corporate psychopaths”, “white-collar psychopaths” and “successful psychopaths” in existing literature. Secondly, original research was undertaken among 261 Australian workers to examine this further.
Findings
Findings indicate that white-collar psychopaths exist. Where they have been found not to exist, investigation reveals that the samples used were inadequate for the purpose of attempting to find them.
Practical implications
Although there is an inconsistent nomenclature, white-collar, industrial, successful, organisational, workplace or corporate psychopaths do exist and are found in white-collar workplaces.
Social implications
Their existence is important because findings indicate that they have a significant, ethically malign and long-lasting impact on employee well-being and organisational ethical outcomes.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is perhaps the first paper to specifically examine the literature for evidence of whether white-collar psychopaths exist. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is also the first paper to determine that corporate psychopaths are linked with aggressive humour, gender discrimination, fake corporate social responsibility and reduced communications integration.
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Story of a sociopath : a novel
\"A spellbinding and provocative psychological portrait that shows just how far a man will go to win the most enduring and ruthless of games: the game of power. Raised in the upper echelons of elite New York society, Thomas Spencer has never wanted for much. But much is hardly enough for a man whose greatest satisfaction lies in shattering the happiness of others. Thomas, the black sheep of his family, harbors only resentment toward those closest to him for what they have more of: good looks, good cheer, good social graces. But what Thomas may lack in charm, he makes up for in cunning. And it is this that will serve him best when he trades in his glittering world of privilege for a chance to claw his way to the top--on his own terms, and at any cost. As Thomas achieves fame and success as an ad man, he becomes ever more deeply entrenched in an insidious underworld of media, politics, and women, and an astonishing picture emerges of a complex, destructive personality who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Shameless and electrifying, Story of a Sociopath illuminates the true nature of power through the mind of a master psychological manipulator\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Organisational psychopaths: a ten year update
Purpose
– This current paper reviews the theoretical speculations concerning psychopaths in the workplace that were originally presented in a paper published in this journal in 2006. The 2006 paper was called: “The Dark Side of Management Decisions: Organisational Psychopaths”.
Design/methodology/approach
– This is a review of the literature on workplace psychopaths since 2006.
Findings
– This current paper determines that while many of these prior speculations about workplace psychopaths have since been supported by evidence, several others remain unexplored. This finding suggests that several important avenues for further research remain in this important area. In particular, links between corporate psychopaths, bullying and lowered corporate social responsibility have been established. On the other hand, links between corporate psychopaths, career advancement, fraud, and corporate failure as exemplified in the 2007 global financial crisis, have been under-explored.
Social implications
– Corporate psychopaths are worthy of further research because of their impact on society, for example on corporate social responsibility and their willingness to dump toxic waste material illegally.
Originality/value
– The paper provides an extensive review of research into corporate psychopaths to date and highlights areas where further investigation would be potentially rewarding.
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Psychoanalysts, psychologists and psychiatrists discuss psychopathy and human evil
\"Evil - along with its incarnation in human form, the psychopath - remains underexamined in the psychological and psychoanalytic literature. Given current societal issues ranging from increasingly violent cultural divides to climate change, it is imperative that the topics of psychopathy and human evil be thoughtfully explored. The book brings together social scientists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to discuss the psychology of psychopaths, and the personal, societal and cultural destruction they leave as their legacy. Chapters address such questions as: Who are psychopaths? How do they think and operate? What causes someone to commit psychopathic acts? And are psychopaths born or created? Psychopaths leave us shocked and bewildered by behavior that violates the notions of common human trust and bonding, but not all psychopaths commit crimes. Because of their unique proclivities to deceive, seduce, and dissemble, they can hide in plain sight; especially when intelligent and highly educated. This latter group comprise the \"successful or corporate\" psychopaths, frequently found in boardrooms of corporations, leaders of national movements or heads of state. Addressing a wide range of topics including slavery, genocide, the Holocaust, the individual as psychopath, the mind of the terrorist, sexual abuse, the role of attachment and the neurobiology of psychopathy, this book will appeal to researchers of human evil and psychopathy from a range of different disciplines and represents essential reading for psychotherapists and clinical psychologists\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Psychopathic Leadership A Case Study of a Corporate Psychopath CEO
This longitudinal case study reports on a charity in the UK which gained a new CEO who was reported by two middle managers who worked in the charity, to embody (respectively) all or most of the ten characteristics within a measure of corporate psychopathy. The leadership of this CEO with a high corporate psychopathy score was reported to be so poor that the organisation was described as being one without leadership and as a lost organisation with no direction. This paper outlines the resultant characteristics of the ensuing aimlessness and lack of drive of the organisation involved. Comparisons are made to a previous CEO in the same organisation, who was reportedly an authentic, effective and transformational leader. Outcomes under the CEO with a high corporate psychopathy score were related to bullying, staff withdrawal and turnover as effective employees stayed away from and/or left the organisation. Outcomes also included a marked organisational decline in terms of revenue, employee commitment, creativity and organisational innovativeness. The paper makes a contribution to both leadership and to corporate psychopathy research as it appears to be the first reported study of a CEO with a high corporate psychopathy score.
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Sociopati i psihopati na radnim mjestima
Temeljni cilj ovoga rada jest prikazati kako sociopatski i psihopatski poremećaji ličnosti utječu na ponašanje takvih pojedinaca na radnom mjestu te istražiti na koji način poslodavci mogu djelovati na negativne učinke takvih ponašanja na radnom mjestu. Svrha rada jest ukazati na učestalost ovakvih poremećaja i analizirati povezanost takvih poremećaja ličnosti s uzrokovanjem psihičkog zlostavljanja na radnom mjestu te potom istražiti koje su obveze i mogućnosti poslodavaca da u radnom okruženju takva ponašanja preveniraju ili ih adekvatno zaustave i sankcioniraju. U radu su korištene znanstvene metode pregleda postojećih istraživanja i analize sadržaja postojećih propisa. Glavni nalaz ovoga rada upućuje na zaključak da pojedinci sa sociopatskim i psihopatskim poremećajima ličnosti negativno utječu na atmosferu radnog mjesta te mogu uzrokovati psihičko zlostavljanje na radnom mjestu. Stoga poslodavci provođenjem psihološke procjene trebaju prepoznati takve pojedince u postupku zapošljavanja, odnosno uspostaviti djelotvorne procedure postupanja u konkretnim situacijama uključujući one usmjerene na preventivno djelovanje. The main objective of this study is to present how sociopathic and psychopathic personality disorders impact the behaviour of such individuals at the workplace and how employers can act to diminish the effects of such behaviour at the workplace. The purpose is to place focus on the incidence of these disorders and analyse the relationship between these personality disorders and how they cause psychological abuse at the workplace. In addition, the purpose is to investigate the obligations and options of the employers to prevent such behaviours and/or sanction and stop them. The study relies on the methods used in the existing investigations and on the analysis of the current regulations. The main finding in this study indicates that individuals with sociopathic and psychopathic disorders negatively impact the atmosphere at the workplace and can therefore cause psychological abuse at the workplace. It is thus the obligation of the employers to conduct a psychological assessment in order to identify such individuals in the process of hiring new employees, as well as implement effective procedure to deal with concrete situations, including those aimed at preventing such behaviour.
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Think twice
After her evil twin sister, Alice, drugs her, leaves her for dead, and steals her life, Bennie must convince everyone she's ever cared about that she is the real Bennie, and not the deranged twin.
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Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression
Empathy and anger are two social emotions that modulate an individual's risk for aggression. Empathy is an emotional reaction to another individual's emotional state. Anger is an emotional reaction to threat, frustration or social provocation. Reduced empathy, seen in psychopathy, increases the risk for goal-directed aggression. Atypically increased anger (i.e. irritability), seen in conditions like disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and borderline personality disorder, increases the risk for reactive aggression. In this paper, I will outline core neurocognitive functions that correspond to empathy and which are compromised in individuals with psychopathic traits. In addition, I will outline neurocognitive functions involved in either the generation or regulation of anger and which are compromised in psychiatric conditions at increased risk for irritability/reactive aggression. It can be hoped that improved understanding of empathy and anger will lead to better assessment tools and improved interventions to reduce aggression risk.
This article is part of the theme issue ‘Diverse perspectives on diversity: multi-disciplinary approaches to taxonomies of individual differences’.
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