Academic articles
Narcissism – A necessary but precarious requirement for leading at the top. (2016)
“The behaviors we love to hate may be essential for a leader’s success.” Jay Conger, Professor of Leadership Studies, Claremont McKenna College, LA Part of Talent Quarterly’s ‘The Dark Side...
Written by: Conger, Jay.
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Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible. (2016)
"Overconfident CEOs invest less in activities that impact positively on society… Female CEOs are significantly less overconfident than male CEOs." Barry Oliver The Conversation, 12 December 2016 Drawn from the...
Written by: Oliver, B., McCarthy, S. & Song, S.
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Narcissism and the myth of invincibility. (2016)
"Even if you’re far past adolescence, you may carry at least part of that 'personal fable' notion into your everyday life Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts Psychology Today,...
Written by: Whitbourne, Susan Krauss.
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Networking for team and/or self. (2016)
"Teams and their leaders may have conflicting networking goals. That needn’t be a problem, but often is." Frédéric C. Godart, Insead Knowledge, 6 March 2017 Based on a paper prepared...
Written by: Godart, F. C.
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Start with the science: CEO compensation (it pays to be a narcissist). (2016)
“… how narcissistic leaders manage to extract more salary for themselves vs. less narcissistic ones and how more ethical cultures effectively screen out narcissists. JP Elliott PhD, SVP Human Resources...
Written by: Elliott, JP.
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Do brains of managers with different leadership styles function differently in making rational managerial and financial decisions? (2016)
"...investigators are using functional neuroimaging to explore ways brain emotion reactions influence financial decision making. United Arab Emirates University press release EurekaAlert! 13 April 2016 Dr Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, UAEU; with...
Written by: Abdel-Maksoud, A., HassabElnaby, H., Elsamaloty, H., Wang, X. & Said, A.
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Why bad guys win at work. (2015)
“…the dark side represents the toxic assets of our personality. You can turn them into career weapons, but the group will generally lose the more you win.” Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, University...
Written by: Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas.
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Crazy. Stupid. Mean: The reason leaders behave badly matters. (2016)
“..we’ve found that ‘dark side’ of personality assessments can matter more than twice as much as the positive characteristics most commonly used in selection instruments. Peter Harms, assistant professor of...
Written by: Harms, Peter.
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Reflections on the dark side. (2016)
“Dark side behaviors help managers emerge… (but) erode and/or destroy subordinates' trust. Robert Hogan; president, Hogan Assessment Systems Part of Talent Quarterly’s ‘The Dark Side Issue’, Issue 8 2016 Robert...
Written by: Hogan, Robert.
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Why the whole board needs to be on top of risk management. (2016)
"Delegating risk oversight to committees is not enough." Thomas Keusch, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control Insead Knowledge: Leadership and organisations, 24 Nov 2016 Drawing on his research paper...
Written by: Keusch, Thomas.
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