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Psychopathy in the workplace: The knowns and unknowns. (2013)

“…preliminary evidence suggests psychopathy is tied to at least some negative outcomes in the workplace, although there are also scattered suggestions of some positive outcomes too.

 

Sarah Francis Smith, Scott O. Lilienfeld; Department of Psychology, Emory University, United States
Aggression and Violent Behavior; Volume 18, Issue 2, March–April 2013, Pages 204–218

Psychopathy in the workplace has received dramatically increased attention from the media and scholars in the last 20 years – attention that has outstripped the scientific evidence. Strong claims continue to be made about the toxic effects of workplace psychopathy in the absence of research.

This paper for the first time brings together the literature on workplace psychopathy, providing a comprehensive review and critique.

The authors note that the preliminary evidence suggests psychopathy is tied to at least some negative outcomes in the workplace, although there are also scattered suggestions of some positive outcomes too.

They conclude with 10 recommendations for future scholarship in the budding field of business psychopathy

Access the full article here: Psychopathy in the workplace

 

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