Research Handbook on Corporate Psychopaths

Edited by Benedict Sheehy, Professor of Law, Canberra Law School, University of Canberra, Australia, Clive Roland Boddy, Associate Professor of Management, School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor of Law, Canberra Law School, University of Canberra, Australia

‘The Research Handbook on Corporate Psychopaths brings together esteemed experts who examine the multiple sides of the psychopath in work settings. The book covers not only the research on the topic but offers strategies to reduce the negative impacts that psychopaths can have on organizations. This book is a must read for researchers who study psychopaths and organization managers who must deal with them in the workplace.’

• ContentsPreface xiv1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Corporate Psychopaths 1Benedict Sheehy, Clive Roland Boddy, and Bruce Baer ArnoldPART I  THEORY2 Theorizing corporate psychopaths: individuals, groups, organizations andsociety 9Benedict Sheehy, Clive Roland Boddy, and Bruce Baer Arnold3 Developments in corporate psychopath research: a chronological review ofliterature 40Max Tookey4 Identification and measurement of corporate psychopathy 67Clive Roland Boddy5 Multidisciplinary approaches: psychology, management, law and beyond 79Benedict Sheehy6 Psychopaths as the darkest of the dark triad personalities 92Clive Roland Boddy7 Language games and corporate psychopaths 102Brendon Murphy and Benedict Sheehy8 Boldness as a dominant characteristic of corporate psychopaths: aclarification for the outward attractiveness of psychopathic leaders 118Désiré Palmen and Emile KolthoffPART II  INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS9 Corporate psychopaths and the regulating forces of organizationaldynamics 140Barbara Wisse, Diana Rus, and Birgit Schyns10 Corporate culture as enabler or constraint—and the role of CSR 154Benedict Sheehy11 Law and the corporate psychopath: approaches, challenges and resolutions 167Benedict Sheehy and Bruce Baer Arnold12 Organizational strategic defense against the menace of corporatepsychopaths 182Florian Fuchs and Volker Lingnau13 Human resources and employment screening for psychopathy: ethicalconsiderations 195Brian Steverson14 Social media: the corporate psychopaths’ megaphone 207Md Irfanuzzaman Khan and Benedict SheehyPART III  INDIVIDUALS: MANAGERS, LEADERS AND STAFF15 Transformational versus psychopathic leadership: confusing similaritiesand important differences 220Ross Taplin, Clive Roland Boddy, and Benedict Sheehy16 Characteristics of moral leaders versus corporate psychopaths as leaders 239Benedict Sheehy and Clive Roland Boddy17 Female corporate narcissism and its association with female corporatepsychopathy 251Ava Green18 Female corporate psychopaths and how they differ from male corporatepsychopaths 262Fiona M. Girkin and Sharyn Curran19 Employee strategies for working with psychopaths 278Marie-Line Germain20 Emotional responses of followers to psychopathic leadership 287Louise Boulter21 Corporate psychopaths and employee suicide 298Clive Roland Boddy and Ellis MalovanyPART IV  APPLIED STUDIES22 Corporate psychopaths in the financial industry 305Corey A. Shank and Fernando M. Patterson23 The 2008 global financial crisis: the role of corporate psychopathy 329Clive Roland Boddy24 Entrepreneurs, investors, psychopaths and entrepreneurial funding 344Clive Roland Boddy25 Technology, media and the corporate psychopath entrepreneur 361Tess Rooney26 Corporate psychopaths in the health and aged care sectors 380Wendy Elizabeth Bonython and Bruce Baer Arnold27 Seven historical case studies: dark triads and managerialists 392Bruce Baer Arnold and Tess Rooney28 Corporate psychopathy and military leadership 406Bruce Baer Arnold29 Corporate psychopathy and religious leadership 417Bruce Baer Arnold