Management

"The Irish experience provides a pertinent case study of what can happen when hubris and associated behavioural biases take control of a bank’s risk management strategy.   Michael Dowling, lecturer...

"..more narcissistic CEOs who've been with their firm longer receive more compensation ... although their firms do not necessarily perform better."   Charles A. O'Reilly III, Professor of Management, Stanford University Bernadette...

"The authors explore the language of leadership of global media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 2010, the year before the phone-hacking scandal in the UK came to public attention.   Amernic,...

"...preliminary evidence suggests psychopathy is tied to at least some negative outcomes in the workplace, although there are also scattered suggestions of some positive outcomes too.   Sarah Francis Smith,...

"Psychopathy positively correlated with passive leadership behavior, namely passive-management-by-exception and laissez-faire, but correlated negatively with individual consideration   Kristie M. Westerlaken, Peter R. Woods; Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Queensland,...

"Following speculation that the banking crisis of 2008 was partly caused by CEO hubris, the researchers analysed the letters to shareholders of a single bank’s CEO over ten years.  ...

"The authors argue that intuition is a central factor in hubristic leadership. Further, that when intuition becomes misunderstood, unchecked or unbridled, hubristic behaviour is more likely to appear.   Guy...

"..the psychological experience of power is associated with greater self-interest only in the presence of a weak moral identity... the psychological experience of power is associated with less self-interest in...

"..possessing power shapes individual behavior because it instills an elevated sense of power. However, little is known about the personal sense of power because very few studies have examined it...

"Exploring how power corrupts relationships, the researchers find that power creates doubt about the motives behind the kind acts of others. As a result, power-holders may become cynical of seemingly...