Papers

"The financial turmoil of 2008 (was) preceded by an incubation period lasting for over two decades during which a culture of mania developed .. a culture comprised of denial; omnipotence;...

"Power can exacerbate the tendency for people to overweight their own initial judgment, such that the most powerful decision makers can also be the least accurate.   See, K.E., Morrison,...

"The fact that overconfident populations are evolutionarily stable may help to explain why overconfidence remains prevalent, even if it contributes to hubris, market bubbles, financial collapses, policy failures, disasters and...

"In 2009, British Petroleum (BP) executives confidently down-played potential risks associated with their Gulf of Mexico oil rig, assuring regulators that it was virtually impossible for a major accident to...

"It is the contradiction between the complex social dynamics of real-life organizations and the dominant view of what leaders are supposed to do that creates ideal conditions for "hubris syndrome"...

“The news lately is replete with ..  high level executives of nearly bankrupt companies cutting jobs, pay, or pensions with one hand, while accepting bonuses and fantastic perquisites for themselves with...

"... business school students value empathy least, are more self-interested, (and) demonstrate 50% more cheating behaviour than any other major." Dr Amanda Gudmundsson and Gregory Southey, Queensland University of Technology,...

"the Nash equilibrium is a prominent tool for analysing any interdependence between interacting parties. The Nash equilibrium could aptly be introduced for describing a patient’s mental health status.   Tassos Patokos, National...

"We used the same art-viewing paradigm to test a prevailing idea in the domain of conflict-of-interest: that expertise in a domain insulates against judgment bias even in the presence of...

"ICD-1O and DSM-IV-TR diagnostic guidelines do not list psychopathy as a distinct psychiatric entity. However, there are significant overlaps between psychopathy and DSM-IV-TR Cluster B personality disorders.   Sagari Sarkar...