Papers
The bright and dark side of altruism: Demographic, personality traits, and disorders associated with altruism. (2014)
“Interpersonal Sensitivity (Agreeableness) and Inquisitiveness (Openness) correlated most strongly with altruism. Two darkside disorders (Excitable, Reserved) correlated negatively but two others (Imaginative and Dutiful) correlated positively.” Adrian Furnham & Luke Treglown, University College...
Written by: Furnham, A., Treglown, L., Hyde, G., & Trickey, G.
Read moreBusiness culture and dishonesty in the banking industry. (2014)
“…in a game designed to reveal dishonest behaviour, employees of a large international bank behaved as honestly as the rest of us. But in tests mimicking the competitive nature of...
Written by: Cohn, A., Fehr, E. & Maréchal, M. A.
Read moreVirtue, hubris and risk culture. (2014)
“Risk culture should be reimagined as a matter of integrity and a steadfast opposition to hubris and narcissistic traits.” Anthony Asher, Victoria Clout and Tracy Wilcox Paper presented to the...
Written by: Asher, Anthony ; Clout, Victoria; & Wilcox, Tracy.
Read moreThe 1920 Farrow’s Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris? (2014)
"Thomas Farrow had …. become afflicted by managerial hubris. This was reflected most clearly in the fact that he increasingly came to view himself as being somehow above and beyond...
Written by: Hollow, Matthew.
Read moreLooking for hubris but finding realism in company annual report CEO letters to shareholders: an analysis using DICTION software (2014)
"Language with statistically significantly high scores for ‘realism’ and ‘human interest’ is not a distinctive marker of CEO hubris, but rather, is a generic feature of language use in letters...
Written by: Amernic, J. & Craig R.
Read moreReckless endangerment: The failure of HBOS. (2014)
"..looks at the failure of HBOS using a behavioural finance perspective, in particular considering the cognitive biases (such as over-confidence and groupthink) that may have led directors to underestimate the...
Written by: McConnell, Patrick.
Read moreExploring signs of hubris in CEO language (2014). Can software identify hubristic CEO-speak?
"Reports on the authors' study into whether DICTION computer-assisted text analysis software could help identify hubristic language from Chief Executive Officers. The results, although mixed, show some promise Amernic, J:...
Written by: Amernic, J & Craig R.
Read moreThe dominance behavioural system: A multidimensional transdiagnostic approach. (2014)
"Donald Trump's ego may be the size of his financial empire, but that doesn't mean he's the picture of mental health. Eliot Tang-Smith and Stephen Chen, Department of Psychology,...
Written by: Tang‐Smith, E., Johnson, S. L., & Chen, S.
Read moreWhat makes a Prime Minister great?: A Leadership Trait Analysis of the effectiveness of British Prime Ministers from 1902 to 2004. (2014)
“Leaders projecting strong power motivation are significantly more likely to have their time in office considered effective. Samuel R. Rohrer, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, University of...
Written by: Rohrer, Samuel R.
Read moreCorporate psychopathy: can ‘Search and Destroy’ and ‘Hearts and Minds’ military metaphors inspire HRM solutions? (2014)
Marshall, Ashleigh et al. "Military planners have for decades worked to balance ‘Search and Destroy’ and ‘Hearts and Minds’ strategies. A similar balance may be the best defence against corporate psychopathy....
Written by: Marshall, Ashleigh et al.
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