Backstabbers and Bullies by Furnham, Adrian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover 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. derailment 3.3 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 Eysenck’s theory of the criminal personality 5.4 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 causes 7.7 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

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