Management
A study of impending derailment and recovery of middle managers across career stages. (2000)
"Of particular relevance to ... possible behavioural antecedents of hubris as indicated in linguistic markers, past experiences of success/failure etc. on the part of those coming to positions of business leadership."...
Written by: Shipper, F., & Dillard, Jr., J. E.
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Napoleon’s tragic march home from Moscow: lessons in hubris. (2000)
"Using historical material on Napoleon as well as contemporary business examples, they examine the causes of hubris and specific leader behaviors that are likely to result. Guidelines for reducing the...
Written by: Kroll, Toombs and Wright.
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Overconfidence: it depends on how, what and whom you ask. (1999)
"Many studies note that peoples’ confidence in their judgments exceeds their accuracy and that overconfidence increases with the difficulty of the task. However, some common analyses confound systematic psychological effects...
Written by: Klayman, Soll, Gonzalez-Vallejo and Barlas.
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A motivational model of leadership: predicting long-term management success from TAT measures of power motivation and responsibility. (1999)
"In an AT&T longitudinal study of managers, managerial success after sixteen years is predicted by “responsible power,” which is a combination of TAT-based (Thematic Apperception Test) measures of power motivation...
Written by: Winter, David G.
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The organizational fool: Balancing a leader’s hubris. (1990)
".. explores the role of the sage-fool as means of creating a counter-vailing power against the regressive forces inherent in leadership, in other words, to reinforce the leader's capacity for reality...
Written by: Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R.
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