Corporate Psychopathy: Entering the Paradox and Emerging Unscathed

Brooks, Nathan; Fritzon, Katarina; Croom, Simon

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27188-6_10

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“…Therefore, our chapter diverges somewhat from the scholarship on bad leadership that has grown since the nineteen seventies (Dixon 1976). Since then it has been explored mostly in accounts of "toxic leadership" and "corporate psychopathy" (Reed 2004;Walton 2007;Einarsen et al 2007;Pelletier 2010) and more latterly in general leadership studies (Kellerman 2004(Kellerman , 2012Schilling and Schyns 2014;Helms 2014;Brooks et al 2020;Swiatek 2020). The arguments in our chapter diverge by emphasizing how leadership discourse in general is guilty, rather than a particular type of leadership concept or the type of person or traits that are promoted within certain contexts.…”

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One Reason There Are Many Bad Leaders Is the Misleading Myth of “Leadership”

Little

Bendell

2021

Debating Bad Leadership

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Section: Richard Little and Jem Bendellmentioning

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One Reason There Are Many Bad Leaders Is the Misleading Myth of “Leadership”

Little

Bendell

2021

Debating Bad Leadership

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Germain

2024

Psychopathy in the Workplace

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The Homo Economicus as a Prototype of a Psychopath? A Conceptual Analysis and Implications for Business Research and Teaching

Fuchs,

Lingnau

2024

J Bus Ethics

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Since the beginning of business research and teaching, the basic assumptions of the discipline have been intensely debated. One of these basic assumptions concerns the behavioral aspects of human beings, which are traditionally represented in the construct of homo economicus. These assumptions have been increasingly challenged in light of findings from social, ethnological, psychological, and ethical research. Some publications from an integrative perspective have suggested that homo economicus embodies to a high degree dark character traits, particularly related to the construct of psychopathy, representing individuals who are extremely self-centered and ruthless, without feelings of remorse or compassion. While a growing body of research notes such a similarity on a more or less anecdotal basis, this article aims to explore this connection from a more rigorous perspective, bridging insights from psychological, economic, and business research to better understand the potentially dark traits of homo economicus. The analysis shows that homo economicus is not simply some kind of psychopath, but specifically a so-called subclinical or Factor 1 psychopath, who is also referred to as a “corporate psychopath” in business research. With such an analysis, the paper adds an additional perspective and a deeper psychological level of understanding as to why homo economicus is often controversially debated. Based on these insights, several implications for academic research and teaching are discussed and reflected upon in light of an ethics of virtue and care.

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Corporate Psychopathy: Entering the Paradox and Emerging Unscathed

Cited by 7 publications

References 69 publications

One Reason There Are Many Bad Leaders Is the Misleading Myth of “Leadership”

One Reason There Are Many Bad Leaders Is the Misleading Myth of “Leadership”

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The Homo Economicus as a Prototype of a Psychopath? A Conceptual Analysis and Implications for Business Research and Teaching

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