House of Cards:Psychopathy in Politics

The role of gender and culture in psychopathic leadership from a Southeast Asian context.

“…Recently, psychopathy research turned from investigating criminals to noninstitutionalized individuals such as psychopathic leaders (see Babiak & Hare, 2019;Benning et al, 2018;Palmen et al, 2018;Steinert et al, 2017). Palmen et al (2021) stated research on psychopathic leaders imply that they may have higher levels of the adaptive traits of psychopathy (e.g., charm, social dominance, fearlessness) combined with nonpsychopathic traits (e.g., executive function, self-control, functional impulsivity), placing them in a high-profile position (Benning et al, 2018;Palmen et al, 2018Palmen et al, , 2019Poythress & Hall, 2011).…”

“…Recently, psychopathy research turned from investigating criminals to noninstitutionalized individuals such as psychopathic leaders (see Babiak & Hare, 2019;Benning et al, 2018;Palmen et al, 2018;Steinert et al, 2017). Palmen et al (2021) stated research on psychopathic leaders imply that they may have higher levels of the adaptive traits of psychopathy (e.g., charm, social dominance, fearlessness) combined with nonpsychopathic traits (e.g., executive function, self-control, functional impulsivity), placing them in a high-profile position (Benning et al, 2018;Palmen et al, 2018Palmen et al, , 2019Poythress & Hall, 2011). Research further indicated psychopathic leaders prefer high-profile leadership posts in business, nonprofit, or politics to fulfill the intrinsic need for sensation seeking, financial success, power, and control over people (Babiak, 2016;Boddy, 2011a;Boddy & Taplin, 2017;Lilienfeld et al, 2012;Mathieu & Babiak, 2016).…”

“…In this section, we discuss how the leader's personality is translated into observable toxic leadership behavior. In fact, most research conducted on psychopathic leadership showed a pattern of demonstrating toxic behaviors resulting in organizational dysfunctionalities (Babiak, 2016;Boddy, 2011a;Boddy & Taplin, 2017;Kets de Vries, 2012;Mathieu & Babiak, 2016;Mathieu et al, 2015;Mullins-Sweatt et al, 2010, Palmen et al, 2018Ten Brinke et al, 2018).…”

O passo atrás de Lucrecia: disputas discursivas entre filmes e séries

“…Essa associação entre uma representação shakespeariana da dinâmica política dos Estados Unidos e uma atualidade da crise da democracia ao redor do mundo, que viu em House of Cards um espelho para as suas fraturas institucionais, ajudam a explicar a importância da série como fenômeno cultural dos anos 2010 (Jones & Soderlund, 2017;Palmen et al, 2018;Reichman, 2017). Mesmo com a derrocada do seu ator principal, afastado da série após acusações de abuso sexual sobre atores mais jovens, a relevância de House of Cards como marco da guinada produtiva em direção aos serviços de VoD e como obra seriada cuja narrativa deve ser urdida, considerando a nova dinâmica de consumo sequencial (o chamado binge watching), permanece bem determinada.…”