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Backstabbers and Bullies : How to Recognise and Cope with the Dark Side of People at Work.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. The incidence and cost of management failure; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Business leadership; 1.3 Upper Echelon Theory; 1.4 Some evidence; 1.5 Definitions; 1.6 Causal chains; 1.7 Conditions that allow for the emergence of dark-side leaders; 1.8 The bully and the backstabber; 1.9 Conclusion; 2. Management derailment; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Three crucial indicators; 2.3 Five fundamental issues; 2.4 The avoidable behaviours; 2.5 Conclusion; 3. Management incompetence and derailment: Too little and too much of a good thing; 3.1 Introduction.
- 3.2 Incompetent vs. derailment3.3 Two perspectives on incompetence; 3.4 The incompetent manager and leader; 3.5 The psychology of managerial incompetence; 3.6 Derailment: Too much of a good thing; 3.7 Conclusion; 4. Corrupt countries and sick corporate cultures: Bad places to be; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Terminology and incidence; 4.3 Poor management; 4.4 Corporate cultures; 4.5 What is corruption?; 4.6 Why does corruption occur?; 4.7 Cheats at work; 4.8 Conclusion; 5. The criminal personality and criminal gangs; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The criminal personality.
- 5.3 Eysenckâ#x80;#x99;s theory of the criminal personality5.4 Criminal personality disorder; 5.5 White-collar crime; 5.6 Emerging crimes; 6. Five accounts: Explaining the cause of leadership derailment; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The personality disorders account; 6.3 Supportive evidence: The research; 6.4 The dark triad account; 6.5 The maladaptive personality account; 6.6 The Freudian account; 6.7 The strengths (overused) as weakness account; 6.8 Conclusion; 7. The successful psychopath at work; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Background; 7.3 Definitions; 7.4 Popular descriptions; 7.5 Measuring psychopathy.
- 7.6 Possible causes7.7 Psychopaths at work; 7.8 Corporate culture and psychopathy; 7.9 Dealing with psychopaths; 7.10 Conclusion; 8. Arrogance, hubris and narcissism: The overconfident leader; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Harmful effects of high self-esteem; 8.3 Narcissistic personality disorder; 8.4 The two sides of narcissism; 8.5 The narcissistic leader; 8.6 New ideas; 8.7 Hubris and nemesis in politicians; 8.8 Unanswered questions; 8.9 Conclusions; 9. The paranoid, schizotypal, histrionic and obsessive-compulsive leader; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Paranoid (argumentative, vigilant).
- 9.3 Schizotypal (imaginative, idiosyncratic)9.4 Histrionic (colourful, dramatic); 9.5 Obsessive-compulsive (diligent, conscientious); 9.6 Conclusion; 10. The sick executive; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The biopsychosocial approach to health; 10.3 In sickness and in power; 10.4 Stress and illness at work; 10.5 Burnout; 10.6 Workaholism; 10.7 Addictions; 10.8 Conclusion; 11. Prevention and management of the dark side; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Three issues: Selection, development and transitioning; 11.3 Reducing derailment potential; 11.4 Self-help; 11.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.