Corporate psychopathy and abusive supervision: Their influence on employees' job satisfaction and turnover intentions

Mathieu, Cynthia; Babiak, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.002

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“…Corporate psychopathy is associated in substantial measures with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishments in employees. The finding is consistent with previous studies on the negative outcomes of corporate psychopathy (Mathieu and Babiak, 2016;Mathieu et al, 2014;Boddy, 2014).…”

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confidence: 93%

Of Predators and Preys: Corporate Psychopathy and Employee Burnout as Parallels

Oyewunmi

Akinnusi

Oyewunmi

2018

Period. Polytech. Soc. Man. Sci.

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Different personalities constitute modern workplaces. One of such personalities is the corporate psychopath, whose presence poses manifold threats to organizational existence. This study examines the personality of the corporate psychopath and specifically investigates the relationship between corporate psychopathy and employee burnout. A total of 104 respondents within a university setting in Nigeria completed measures of corporate psychopathy to establish the existence of the traits in their managers; a self-report measure of employee burnout was also completed. Corporate psychopathy correlates positively and significantly with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and decreased personal accomplishment. Results indicate that corporate psychopathy is an underlying factor of employee burnout. Enhanced whistleblowing structures and ethical regeneration are proffered to mitigate the consequences of corporate psychopathy in the face of cultural complexes that fan its flames.

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Section: Discussion Of Findingssupporting

confidence: 93%

Of Predators and Preys: Corporate Psychopathy and Employee Burnout as Parallels

Oyewunmi

Akinnusi

Oyewunmi

2018

Period. Polytech. Soc. Man. Sci.

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“…Psychopaths have also been described as "homo economicus" [91] because often times they are solely focused on gaining rewards and unconcerned with social consequences; while others may use aggression as an emotional reaction, psychopaths are more likely to use aggression proactively and without emotion: aggressiveness is simply a means to ensure that psychopaths get what they want [3,92]. These dynamics are counterproductive for the organizations' inancial well-being [93], and to be more precise they are associated with a lowering of colleagues' creativity [94], an increase in colleagues' organizational deviance [95] and lowered employee performance [96,97]. When colleagues are treated unjustly they are more likely to show behaviors that harm the organization or its members [98,99].…”

Section: Psychosocial Aspects and Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PCL-R [104,105], deines psychopathy as a multifaceted construct made up of four dimensions that underpin the superordinate construct of psychopathy [80]: Interpersonal, Afective, Lifestyle, and Antisocial [97]. The proper test typically requires 90-120 minto administer.…”

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confidence: 99%

Successful Psychopaths: A Contemporary Phenomenon

Irtelli¹,

Vincenti²

2017

Psychopathy - New Updates on an Old Phenomenon

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The majority of empirical research on psychopathy involves forensic populations; however, researchers have recently turned their atention to the nature and implications of psychopathic features in the workplace, hence shedding light on the notion of "workplace psychopaths." Nowadays, many studies deal with successful people having a psychopathic outlook in a work environment. This is a contemporary phenomenon, originated during the 1990s. In this period, changing nature of work and business has created a general state of confusion due to increasing instability and competitiveness. In this social context, psychopathic personality aspects, such as the appearance of calm, conidence and other psychopathic tendencies, are mistaken for "leadership qualities."This contemporary phenomenon is dangerous and connected to psychosocial risks: the social and environmental contexts are afected by this dynamic, which can for instance lead to increasing anxiety in the co-workers and lack of motivation. This afects not only workers, but also companies: results of recent researches show the signiicant inluence of psychopaths on organizational commitment. These dynamics stimulated the interest of researchers in a variety of disciplines: psychiatry, as well as psychology, criminology, and sociology. This chapter aims at reviewing the current knowledge on this phenomenon, and to promote prevention and diagnosis.

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“…Psychological state of an employee also depends on stressful situations that can be caused by a variety of tasks or requirements for new or different skills of an employee [9]. Comfortable working conditions are often associated with the lack of psychological pressure in a team [10]. It should be noted that the assessment of a degree of job satisfaction is more objective in the case of using surveys when an employee can independently define his emotions and mood [11].…”

Section: Literature Review and Problem Statementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given above studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], and taking into account a variety of indicators that affect staff turnover, the use of full automation for building a predictor will lead to the loss of information. For the purpose of objective risk assessment, it is necessary to engage specialists from a human resource department at different stages of prediction.…”

Section: Literature Review and Problem Statementmentioning

confidence: 99%