Some Apparent Advantages of Subclinical Psychopathy

Ray, John J.; Ray, Jeremy

doi:10.1080/00224545.1982.9713415

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“…It is possible that because the PCL:SV raters were trained to assess psychopathy and the Big 5 raters were not, the students with psychopathic traits were able to "fool" the naive Big 5 raters into perceiving them in an unrealistically positive light. Alternatively, perhaps psycho pathic traits at least those of subclinical severity facilitate positive self-presentations (e.g., Ray 6k Ray, 1982). PCL:SV Ratings and the Interpersonal Circumplex.…”

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Psychopathy and The Big 5: Correlations Between Observers' Ratings of Normal and Pathological Personality

Hart¹,

Hare²

1994

Journal of Personality Disorders

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We investigated the relation between psychopathy, assessed using the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV Hare, Cox, 6k Hart, in press), and observers' ratings of normal personality made using the revised Interpersonal Adjective Scales Big 5 Version (IASR-B5Trapnell & Wiggins, 1991). Subjects were 24 men: 12 university students and 12 incarcer ated offenders. PCL:SV ratings were significantly [p < .05) correlated with the IASR-B5 dimensions of Dominance (r = .66), Love (r= -.82), Conscientiousness [r -.83), Openness (r= .76), and Neuroticism (r= -.46). These correlations were not attributa ble to stereotyped perceptions of students or offenders. The results suggest that observer ratings may be a useful adjunct to self-reports in the study of personality pathology. The advan tages and disadvantages of observer ratings relative to selfreports are discussed.The integration of research on empirical models of normal personality and clinical models of pathological personality has important implications (Costa 6k Widiger, in press; Wiggins 6k Pincus, 1989). On a descriptive or classificatory level, such research may help us to bootstrap measures of personality disorder, whose reliability and validity have frequently been questioned (e.g., Eysenck, 1987). Also, if normal and pathological personality are systematically associated, we can make some important assumptions regarding the etiology and clinical management of personal ity disorder (e.g., Miller, 1991).Psychopathy is a specific personality disorder characterized by glibness and superficial charm, egocentricity, manipulativeness, lack of anxiety and remorse, impulsivity, irresponsibility, and criminality (e.g., Cleckley,

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychopathy and The Big 5: Correlations Between Observers' Ratings of Normal and Pathological Personality

Hart¹,

Hare²

1994

Journal of Personality Disorders

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“…Babiak, an organizational psychologist, says that psychopaths tend to rise quickly in organizations because of their manipulative charisma and their sheer, single minded dedication to attain senior levels of management (Selamat, 2004). Babiak says that their intelligence and social skills permit Corporate Psychopaths to present a veneer of normalcy which enables them to get what they want.…”

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Leaders without ethics in global business: Corporate psychopaths

Boddy

Ladyshewsky

Galvin

2010

Journal of Public Affairs

129

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This paper introduces the concept of Corporate Psychopaths as ruthless employees who can successfully gain entry to organizations and can then get promoted within those organizations to reach senior managerial and leadership positions. What little empirical research currently exists supports the view that Corporate Psychopaths are more commonly found at senior levels of organizations. This paper presents further empirical evidence that supports this view. It discusses how, in a quantitative sample of 346 white‐collar workers, in 2008, research using a psychopathy scale identified greater levels of psychopathy at more senior levels of corporations than at more junior levels. The paper goes on to propose that this is a universal issue that can pose various ethical problems for corporations because of the ruthless, selfish and conscience‐free approach to life that Corporate Psychopaths have. Other ethical issues are to do with their moral accountability and with the problems associated with the possibility of screening employees for psychopathy. The paper reviews the literature on psychopathy and concludes that while psychopaths appear to be universal in occurrence, they may well be environmentally limited in their possible actions in more collectivist societies. However, the global spread of western, individualistically oriented corporations may pose a threat to any collectivist societies in which they operate. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Specifically, Hare (1980) developed the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) to measure psychopathy in individuals (a score exceeding 30 is considered a clinical psychopath), followed by the Psychopathy Checklist Revisited (PCL-R) (Hare 1991). As described by Furnham et al (2013), Ray and Ray (1982) foreshadowed the introduction of the subclinical form of psychopathy, with later researchers developing reliable scales to measures subclinical psychopathy, such as the Self-Report Psychopathy (SRP-I) scale (Hare 1985), which through a series of adjustments has been refined to the current SRP-III scale (Paulhus et al in press). To address emerging interest in the role of psychopathy in corporate environments, Mathieu et al (2013) developed the B-Scan 360, a scale tailored to corporate psychopathy with which individuals rate other members of the organization, such as supervisors, peers, and subordinates.…”

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Communicating Measurement Uncertainty: An Experimental Study of Financial Reporting Implications for Managers and Investors

Majors

2014

SSRN Journal

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DedicationTo my husband, Ed, my parents, Ed and Cindy, and my sister, Meredith Honoring the memory of Maylon (Grandpa) McDonald, my role model in scholarly pursuits and life, and Dot (Granny) Avera, who was the most selfless person I have ever known.v Acknowledgements I am very grateful for the extraordinary guidance of my committee, composed of Steve Kachelmeier (chair) Bill Kinney, Lisa Koonce, Raj Raghunathan, and Michael Williamson. Stimulating conversations with Bill began even before my start of the doctoral program, and his support, encouragement, and advice throughout the doctoral program has been tremendous. I would like to thank Lisa for always becoming available at a moment's notice to give me wise advice about research and any dilemma that might be arising. I hope that as a professor, I can exhibit Raj's creativity, curiosity, and passion. Coauthoring with Michael has been great, and I really appreciate all that I have learned from him during our many conversations throughout the years.I am also fortunate to have wonderful colleagues in the doctoral program. In particular, Brett Cantrell, Brent Lao, Erin Towery, Chris Yust, Marcy Shepardson, James Smith, and Todd Thornock have been wonderful colleagues, and I also appreciate their friendship very much. I would especially like to thank Erin -our Starbucks runs and outings at the AT&T center were very fun, her racing to find experimental participants when I was running short was the utmost sign of friendship, and I know we will be lifelong friends.I would like to express my appreciation to Mark Wimby, for his help in the McCombs laboratory. Helping me navigate z-Tree unexpectedly crashing and conversations while I was testing late in the night were much appreciated. I would also like to thank Bill Swann for directing me to the Dark Triad and for thoughtful discussions during his seminars.I express my deepest gratitude to my mentor, dissertation chair, and friend, Steve Kachelmeier. I view Steve as the best researcher, teacher, and editor imaginable, and I have learned tremendously from him ever since I first sat in his office to interview for the doctoral program. His energy, passion, caring for others, and commitment are truly admirable, and I am grateful for the (many!) hours of conversations about this dissertation we have had in his office. Working on The Accounting Review with Steve was a "once in a lifetime" experience that I both learned from tremendously and enjoyed very much. When a dilemma or question arose throughout my time in the doctoral program, from my decision to pursue experimental research in January of the first year of the doctoral program, to the excitement of job market experiences, Steve has always been there for me and been a valued confidante and advisor.Finally, I would like to thank my husband, Ed Majors. Spending Saturdays testing z-Tree in the McCombs laboratory, helping me troubleshoot programming problems, discussing dissertation ideas, reading drafts of this dissertation, providing valuable advice, and the many other...

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Some Apparent Advantages of Subclinical Psychopathy

Cited by 65 publications

References 2 publications

Psychopathy and The Big 5: Correlations Between Observers' Ratings of Normal and Pathological Personality

Psychopathy and The Big 5: Correlations Between Observers' Ratings of Normal and Pathological Personality

Leaders without ethics in global business: Corporate psychopaths

Communicating Measurement Uncertainty: An Experimental Study of Financial Reporting Implications for Managers and Investors

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