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Behavioral governance and self-conscious emotions: Unveiling governance implications of authentic and hubristic pride. (2011)

"The authors elucidate the ‘bright’ connotation of pride, namely authentic pride. They argue that examining both positive and negative facets of pride is a critical complement to understanding the governance landscape.   Virginia Bodolica, Martin Spraggon: Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, School of Business and Management, American University of Sharjah Journal of Business Ethics, May...

Written by: Bodolica and Spraggon.

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Beyond the dark side of executive psychology: Current research and new directions. (Oct 2010)

"The authors analyze existing research and identify issues in definitions and measurement and describe how researchers have fallen prey to hubris fascination. This leads them to put forward two options for future research   Helen Bollaert, IESEG School of Management, Univ. Lille Nord de France Valérie Petit, EDHEC Leadership and Corporate Governance Research Centre, EDHEC Business School. Read more

Research Café 1 (2011) – Practical ways to improve decision making

Deborah Booth summarises the discussion of her break-out group at Research Café 1. “The focus of (our group) was very much on looking for practical ideas on what could we do now Daedalus Trust and Brain Mind Forum Research Café held 7 October 2011, Magdalen College, Oxford. “The focus of (our group) was very much on looking for practical ideas on what could we do now to improve decision-making in institutions… we started off discus...

Written by: Booth, Deborah.

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Testosterone reduces functional connectivity during the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ Test. (2016)

"Our findings ... reveal a neural mechanism by which testosterone can impair emotion-recognition ability…" Peter A. Bos, a, b; Dennis Hofman, a; Erno J. Hermans, c, d; Estrella R. Montoya, a; Simon Baron-Cohen, e; Jack van Honk, a, b, f Psychoneuroendocrinology, 68, 194-201. Human social interaction is characterized by the employment o...

Written by: Bos, P. A., Hofman, D., Hermans, E. J., Montoya, E. R., Baron-Cohen, S., & van Honk, J.

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The role of hormones in financial markets. (2016)

“It's been argued that financial traders are 'too male' and a more even gender balance would reduce volatility and help stabilize markets.... (Having more) female traders does not necessarily make markets less volatile; however, it reduces the occurrence of market crashes.” Subir Bose, Daniel Ladley, Xin Li - all University of Leicester Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2743087 In the past decade, there...

Written by: Bose, S., Ladley, D., & Li, X.

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Barclays should be praised, not punished, for its whistleblowing system. (2017)

"The narcissistic, megalomaniacal senior executive remains an enduring stereotype for a reason. (But) in Barclays case, the whistleblowing system worked." Dino Bossi, founding partner of whistleblowing firm Addveritas City A.M. Tuesday 11 April 2017 “The distinctive smell of schadenfreude was evident rising above the towers of Canary Wharf as the story broke about Jes Staley’s brush with the FCA. At first sight, at least, here...

Written by: Bossi, Dino.

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Guest Blog: There are no positive aspects to ‘Hubris’. 2015

"... while some positive qualities may be attributed to related concepts and .. good self-esteem and ...proportionate pride in one’s achievements is welcome, hubris has no positive connotations and is unacceptable under all circumstances! Nick Bouras, Professor (emeritus) of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. Prof. Bouras is Coordinator of the Daedalus Trust and Chair of its Research and Development Gr...

Written by: Bouras, Nick: Ikkos, George.

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Research Café 1 (2011) – Prof Nick Bouras’ closing remarks

Prof Nick Bouras provides closing remarks for Research Café 1. "We have identified a number of themes which we would like to pursue … and through our Research Advisory Group we’ll work up more." Daedalus Trust and Brain Mind Forum Research Café held 7 October 2011, Magdalen College, Oxford. (Thank yous..) “We have identified a number of themes which we would like to pursue … and through our Research Advisory Group we’ll work up...

Written by: Bouras, Nick.

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Conference 2013 promo: Prof Nick Bouras

“Hubris and leadership is a very important topic, particularly in these current times.” Professor Nick Bouras discusses the significance of our September 2013 conference, ‘Intoxication of power: leadership and hubris’.

 

 

 

 

Written by: Bouras, Nick.

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Neuroscience and leadership: the promise of insights. (2011)

“For the last 100 or so years, we have studied leaders’ personality, intelligence, values, attitudes and even behavior. But seldom has anyone ventured physiologically inside of leaders. Richard Boyatzis, Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. Featured in Ivey Business Journal, January / February 2011 An introduction to some impor...

Written by: Boyatzis, Richard

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