Posts tagged with: Hubris
Conference 2012: Prof Nassir Ghaemi video clip – Political power and psychopathology
"Rather than stigmatise those with mental health problems, we need to challenge discrimination and explore the positive aspects of mental illness....those with depression tend to be more realistic and more...
Did anyone learn anything from the Equitable Life? Lessons and learning from financial crises. (Sept 2012)
"The focus of this report is what lessons might potentially have been drawn from Equitable’s crisis and what was learned, and how they related to the subsequent financial crisis of...
Conference 2012: Dr Ricardo Blaug – how power corrupts
Summary of presentation by Dr Ricardo Blaug Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Reader in Democracy and Political Theory, University of Westminster Hubris is a serious and recurrent...
The winner effect: how power affects your brain. (2012)
"Fred Goodwin was only one of many leaders who seemed to get carried away. Psychology may have the clue, and the crucial ingredient in its explanation is power." Ian H. Robertson, ...
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...
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...
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...
The blind leading: Power reduces awareness of constraints. (2012)
"Organizations need to anticipate the tendency of their most powerful members to leap without looking. The remedy is to surround them with people who can see other angles, or can...
Financial reporting frauds: A manifestation of hubris in the C-suite? Some exploratory evidence. (2012)
"The authors investigate the relationship between CEO hubris, a firm’s managerial, governance and market oversight attributes, and a propensity to financial misreporting. Michel Magnan, John Molson School of Business Concordia...