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27 Jan '13 00:37Troublesome colleagues are likely to harbour a "dark triad" of psychopathic tendencies, Machiavellian cunning and narcissistic selfishness, according to a new study. Office workers 'can be psychopaths, Machiavellians, and narcissists. Among the examples of these 'triadics' he gives is the fictional Mafia boss Tony Soprano
If you feel your colleagues are out to get you, it turns out you could be right.
A study of office politics suggests that workplaces are a jungle of awkward personalities vying for domination.
Oliver James, the psychologist and broadcaster, identified three types of dysfunctional personalities among white collar workers: psychopath, Machiavellian, and narcissist.
These are the colleagues who have no compunction about trampling over others, or like nothing more than to plot and scheme, or who drone on endlessly about themselves.
Most terrifyingly, the author concluded that there was fourth dysfunctional type: a “triadic person” who is a combination of all three. Such staff, James warns, have a dangerous, yet effective mix of a lack of empathy, self-centredness, deviousness and self-regard which can propel them to the top of the organisations.
His research is likely to start a guessing game in the offices where he found his anonymous case studies.
{from a news item in http://www.telegraph.co.uk}
If you feel your colleagues are out to get you, it turns out you could be right.
A study of office politics suggests that workplaces are a jungle of awkward personalities vying for domination.
Oliver James, the psychologist and broadcaster, identified three types of dysfunctional personalities among white collar workers: psychopath, Machiavellian, and narcissist.
These are the colleagues who have no compunction about trampling over others, or like nothing more than to plot and scheme, or who drone on endlessly about themselves.
Most terrifyingly, the author concluded that there was fourth dysfunctional type: a “triadic person” who is a combination of all three. Such staff, James warns, have a dangerous, yet effective mix of a lack of empathy, self-centredness, deviousness and self-regard which can propel them to the top of the organisations.
His research is likely to start a guessing game in the offices where he found his anonymous case studies.
{from a news item in http://www.telegraph.co.uk}
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