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Conference 2012 notes: Session 1
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 1 (From power to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life'. The conference was held in association with the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 9 October 2012. Topics covered in this session included:
- Political power and psychopathology - Professor Nassir...
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Conference 2012 notes: Session 2
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 2 (Hubris and neuroscience) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From Neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life'. The conference was held in association with the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 9 October 2012. Topics covered in this session include:
- From intoxication to addiction: Neurobiological substrates f...
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Does power corrupt or enable? When and why power facilitates self-interested behaviour. (2012)
"..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 the presence of a strong moral identity. DeCelles, K.A., Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto DeRue, D.S., Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Margolis, J.D., H...
Written by: DeCelles, DeRue, Margolis, Ceranic.
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The personal sense of power. (2012)
"..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 empirically. Anderson, C., John, O.P. & Keltner, D., University of California, Berkeley Journal of Personality 80(2): 313-344. Scholars examing the psychological effects of power have argued that possessing power ...
Written by: Anderson and Keltner.
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Conference 2012 notes: Session 3
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 3 (Preventing and responding to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life'. The conference was held in association with the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 9 October 2012. Topics covered include:
- Doctors, power and their performance - Professor A...
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How power corrupts relationships: cynical attributions for others’ generous acts. (2012)
"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 altruistic gestures Inesi, E., London Business School Gruenfeld, D., Stanford Graduate School of Business Galinsky, A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Journal of Experimental S...
Written by: Inesi, Gruenfeld and Galinsky.
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Executive overconfidence and the slippery slope to financial misreporting. (2012)
"Overconfident executives are more likely to exhibit an optimistic bias and thus are more likely to start down a slippery slope of growing intentional misstatements. Schrand, C.M., University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School Zechman, S.L.C., University of Chicago Booth School of Business Journal of Accounting and Economics 53(1-2): 311-329. A detailed analysis of 49 firms subject to US Accounting...
Written by: Schrand and Zechman.
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The H Factor: A behavioral explanation of leadership failures in the 2007-2009 financial system meltdown. (2012)
"the current problems with the financial system and our economy have many of their roots in ... words that begin with the letter H - hubris, hypocrisy, hostility, honour, humility, and honesty. Charles F. Falk, Northeastern Illinois University Bruce K. Blaylock, Radford University Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics vol. 9(2) 2012 Blaylock and Falk reconstructed the decision making that...
Written by: Falk and Blaylock.
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Leadership is associated with lower levels of stress. (2012) The myth of executive stress
The common perception is that leaders face higher stress levels than non-leaders. These studies found there is indeed a clear relationship - but that it’s an inverse one. Gary D. Sherman(a), Jooa J. Lee(a), Amy J. C. Cuddy(b), Jonathan Renshon(c), Christopher Oveis(d), James J. Gross(e), and Jennifer S. Lerner(a) (a)Harvard Kennedy School and (c)
Written by: Sherman, Gary D. et al
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Bright aspects to dark side traits: Dark side traits associated with work success. (2012)
"While personality disorders are powerful predictors of success and failure at work, narcissism and obsessive compulsiveness were correlated with success. Some ‘dark side’ traits may not always lead to work problems. Furnham, Adrian; Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London; Trickey, Geoff; and Hyde, Gillian, PCL, Tunbridge-Wells. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 52, Issue 8, ...
Written by: Furnham, A; Trickey, G; Hyde, G.
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