Psychopathy in the Workplace

Mathieu, Cynthia; Babiak, Paul; Hare, Robert D.

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“…Positive adjustment indicators were in turn mainly discarded as they only explained about 7% of the total variance. This led to an under-representation of psychopathy among those who have psychopathic characteristics but are still able to conduct relatively successful lives, namely by occupying professions involving high-risks and/or high-power positions (Babiak et al, 2010;Bronchain et al, 2019;Costello et al, 2018;Gao et al, 2020;Lilienfeld et al, 2012;Mathieu et al, 2020;Patton et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2013).…”

Section: Contemporary Models: Encompassing Adaptive and Maladaptive Expressions Of Psychopathymentioning

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Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: a meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

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The current meta-analysis included 431 records (N= 123,414) to comprehensively explore the complex interaction between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy. First, empathy domains (cognitive and affective) were used to provide critical insights for distinguishing antisocial behavior from psychopathy. Cognitive empathy was more impaired in antisocial groups (gcognitive= -.40; gaffective= -.11), while high psychopathy samples displayed larger deficits in affective empathy (gaffective= -.44; gcognitive= -.23), although this dissociation was not clear in correlational analyses. Secondly, the specific associations between empathy domains and psychopathy dimensions were evaluated. Psychopathy traits closely related to antisocial behavior were mildly associated with both empathy domains (r= -.07 to -.14). Callous-affective traits were largely associated with affective empathy (r= -.32 to -.35) and moderately correlated to cognitive empathy (r= -.26). Diverging results were found for the interpersonal dimension, as boldness-adaptive manifestations were unrelated to cognitive empathy (r= .05), while non-adaptive interpersonal traits were negatively associated with both empathy domains (rcognitive= -.14; raffective= -.25). Overall, these findings suggest that: (1) psychopathy and antisocial behavior display distinct empathic profiles; (2) psychopathy dimensions are differentially associated with cognitive and affective empathy; (3) the interaction between interpersonal traits and empathic processes is different across the conceptual models of psychopathy.

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Section: Contemporary Models: Encompassing Adaptive and Maladaptive Expressions Of Psychopathymentioning

confidence: 99%

Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: a meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

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Azeredo³

et al. 2021

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“…In this context, for more than 80 years, several studies (e.g. Forster & Lund, 2018;Mathieu, Babiak, & Hare, 2020;Leeper-Piquero et al, 2021) and best-seller books (e.g. Cleckley, 1941;Babiak & Hare, 2007;Babiak, Neumann & Hare, 2010) have been written about psychopathy, which has had a significant impact on the popular imagination.…”

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Fit to be unethical: functional psychopathy in organizations

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2023

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In this article, we carry out a theoretical analysis on how the person with characteristics similar to those of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) has the social skills to thrive in an individualistic and greedy society. We show that the ability to adopt unethical behaviors can be crucial for these people to appear as assertive, capable, and accomplishing professionals. They are not only able to achieve individual results but, above all, to lead teams aimed at achieving the ambitious goals of their organizations. Such individuals are known as functional psychopaths. From a psychological point of view, a large part of the indicators related to functional psychopathy seems to be associated with changes in the regulatory function that emotions play a part in the human decisionmaking process. Functional psychopathy represents a challenge for organizational managers and staff in human resources sections. Furthermore, the evaluation processes, primarily based on organizational results, are not very sensitive to differentiate between (1) lack of empathy and courage; (2) selfishness and zeal; and (3) manipulation and leadership. It can be concluded that only more sophisticated, laborious, and costly processes could be sensitive enough to identify those people and their perverse work strategies during the selective and evaluative processes in the business environment. So, they are all around us, and, given the cultural orientation of companies toward individualism and greed, they are probably here to stay.

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“…Several positive adjustment indicators were discarded in PCL as they only explained 7% of the variance and did not correlate with global psychopathy scores (Hare, 1980). This biased the ability of PCL to include adaptive content and possibly lead to the underinclusion of some psychopathic people namely among those who are still able to maintain relatively successful lives and occupying high-risk and/or high-power positions (Babiak et al, 2010;Bronchain et al, 2019;Costello et al, 2018;Gao et al, 2020;Lilienfeld et al, 2012;Mathieu et al, 2020;Patton et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: A meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

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Psychopathy in the Workplace

Cited by 12 publications

References 120 publications

Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: a meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: a meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

Fit to be unethical: functional psychopathy in organizations

Refining the link between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy: A meta-analytical approach across different conceptual frameworks

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