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Too much testosterone, too much confidence: the psychology of banking. (2012)
There is something disturbingly compelling about reading the emails and instant messages exchanged by Barclays bankers in the process of rigging interest rates for their own gain. Ian Leslie...
The Hubris Syndrome – revised edition. (2012)
"From their behaviour, beliefs and governing style, Owen has analysed Bush and Blair to show that their handling of the Iraq war was a litany of hubristic incompetence. David Owen (Lord...
Revision benefits from Bush/Blair memoirs, (2012)
David Owen’s original 'The Hubris Syndrome' proved a lightning rod for debate on the issue in 2007. A revised edition has just been released that benefits from published memoirs of...
What I see, what I do: how executive hubris affects firm innovation. (2012)
"This study explores the potential benefits of executive hubris to firm innovation. Both studies render robust support to the authors’ main theoretical prediction - that executive hubris is positively related to...
Flying too close to the sun? Hubris among CEOs and how to prevent it. (2012)
"Hubris among CEOs is generally considered to be undesirable.. however the literature fails to provide a precise definition of CEO hubris and is silent on how to prevent it. Valérie...
Misrule of experts? The financial crisis as elite debacle. (2012)
"Political and technocratic elites were hubristically detached from the process of financial innovation as it took the form of ‘bricolage’.” This put finance beyond technical control or management. Ewald...
Pride and prejudice: how feelings about the self influence judgements of others. (2012)
"Hubristic pride can exacerbate prejudice, while a more self-confident, authentic pride may help to reduce racism and homophobia. How we feel about ourselves influences how we feel about people who...
Hierarchies, power inequalities, and organizational corruption. (2012)
“Individuals high in social dominance …are …less aware of corruption because of their feeling of entitlement to greater power … Valerie Rosenblatt, assistant professor, San Francisco State University Journal of...
The psychopath in the C suite: redefining the SOB. (2012)
Ring a bell? "His career was a moving disaster but through seductiveness, charm, and manipulativeness he'd got away with it. Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/119/EFE, November...
Your body language shapes who you are. (2012)
“Power posing”, standing in a posture of confidence, can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain Amy Cuddy, social psychologist TED Talk June 2012. “We know that our minds...