Posts tagged with: Politics

"...absolute power corrupts absolutely?  ...our findings indicated that there is no absolute connection between power and corrupt practice." Fang Wang & Xunwei Sun, Beijing Normal University, China European Journal of...

“….only once we understand (how individuals gain power) can we predict who receives power and thus ensure that power is put to good use for organizations, collectives, and countries." Rachel...

"The researchers ..examined.. the speeches of two UK Prime Ministers said to meet criteria for hubris syndrome (Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair) and one (John Major) who did not.  ...

Grandiose narcissism is associated with superior overall greatness and several positive measures of performance – but also with negative outcomes, including congressional impeachment resolutions and unethical behaviors. Ashley L. Watts...

"‘Fearless Dominance’, which reflects the boldness associated with psychopathy, was associated with better rated presidential performance, leadership, persuasiveness, crisis management, Congressional relations, and allied variables;   By Lilienfeld, Scott O.;...

"Kennedy, Roosevelt, Gandhi and Churchill all suffered various types of depression, bipolar syndrome or hyperactive manias. But instead of being a handicap, these “problems”, when kept under some control, helped...

"Institutions … determine modern historical outcomes, more than natural forces like the weather, geography or even the incidence of disease.”   Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard, fellow of...

"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...

"Lord Owen has provided psychiatrists and other physicians with useful guidance on how to recognise the appearance of hubris syndrome in persons who hold positions of power. He has also provided...

“Across five experiments … we found strong evidence that the powerful are more likely to engage in moral hypocrisy than are people who lack power. J. Lammers, D.A. Stapel, Tilburg...