Papers

"The researchers ..examined.. the speeches of two UK Prime Ministers said to meet criteria for hubris syndrome (Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair) and one (John Major) who did not.  ...

“..illustrates how dark side personality scores successfully predict dangerous behaviors ..provides new insights on mitigating these tendencies before they become toxic for organizations or society. Blaine H. Gaddis & Jeff...

"the personality and values of (the CEO) contribute to explaining the development of Parmalat, the manifestation of its weaknesses and why the firm … fell into the hubris trap of its...

"The authors expose how the business environment is contaminated by leaders presenting toxic behaviours. Once toxic behaviours occur in the company, the entire system becomes alienated and its welfare is...

"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.  ...