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Corporate social responsibility or CEO narcissism? CSR motivations and organizational performance. (2015)
"CSR initiatives may result from leaders’ personal needs for attention and image reinforcement and be less strategic for their organizations in terms of financial performance and focus. Oleg V. Petrenko,...
Five stars and falling stars. (2016)
“Hubris has a nasty habit of breeding disaster, particularly when combined with oodles of cheap debt.” Gillian Tett, Ft.com > FT Magazine, 8 April 2016 “...in 1990 the Japanese bubble...
All but Tata could see the hubris of buying Corus. (2016)
"It was … up there with Lloyds’ merger with HBOS or Royal Bank of Scotland’s acquisition of ABN Amro in the roll call of disastrously ill-judged takeovers. Jeremy Warner The...
Tesla blames ‘hubris’ for Model X part delays. (2016)
“Given loss-making Tesla’s history of missed deadlines, this target needed to be met to earn the faith of consumers and investors alike BBC News: technology (online) 5 April 2016 “Tesla Motors...
Lonely at the top (podcast). (2016)
"Can a coach or mentor change the behaviour of a destructive organisational sociopath? This practitioner says no. Comments taken from an edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Bottom...
Master of puppets: How narcissistic CEOs construct their professional worlds. (2016)
“…narcissistic CEOs …pursue media celebrity, affiliate with high-status board members, employ lower-status management team members and manage each group differently...” Arijit Chatterjee, Management, ESSEC Business School, Singapore and Timothy Pollock, Penn...
The rise of toxic leaders in organisations. (2016)
“In.. two decades as an executive coach ... I’ve seen a disproportionate share of toxic leaders... Here are some things I’ve learned as a result of my experiences. Ray Williams, coaching practitioner International...
Hubris and unethical decision making: the tragedy of the uncommon. (2016)
"...hubris leads managers to invoke an amoral decision process which causes a higher incidence of unethical behavior among these individuals. Joseph McManus, Monmouth University, New Jersey Journal of Business Ethics,...
Start with the science: CEO compensation (it pays to be a narcissist). (2016)
“… how narcissistic leaders manage to extract more salary for themselves vs. less narcissistic ones and how more ethical cultures effectively screen out narcissists. JP Elliott PhD, SVP Human Resources...
Do brains of managers with different leadership styles function differently in making rational managerial and financial decisions? (2016)
"...investigators are using functional neuroimaging to explore ways brain emotion reactions influence financial decision making. United Arab Emirates University press release EurekaAlert! 13 April 2016 Dr Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, UAEU; with...