Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work
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Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work is a book by industrial psychologist
Paul Babiak, Ph.D. and psychopathy
expert Dr Robert D. Hare
, Ph.D. published in 2006.
It covers the nature of psychopaths
in the context of employment and explains
The work is interlaced with fictional narrative illustrating how the factual content applies to real-life situations.
Industrial and organizational psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology is the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Industrial and organizational psychologists contribute to an organization's success by improving the performance and well-being of its people...
Paul Babiak, Ph.D. and psychopathy
Psychopathy
Psychopathy is a mental disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deceptiveness. Psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are very disproportionately responsible for violent crime...
expert Dr Robert D. Hare
Robert Hare (psychologist)
Robert D. Hare, C.M. , is a researcher in the field of criminal psychology. He developed the Psychopathy Checklist and Psychopathy Checklist Revised , used to diagnose cases of psychopathy and also useful in predicting the likelihood of violent behavior...
, Ph.D. published in 2006.
It covers the nature of psychopaths
Psychopathy
Psychopathy is a mental disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deceptiveness. Psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are very disproportionately responsible for violent crime...
in the context of employment and explains
- how psychopaths manipulatePsychological manipulationPsychological manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the perception or behavior of others through underhanded, deceptive, or even abusive tactics. By advancing the interests of the manipulator, often at the other's expense, such methods could be considered exploitative,...
their way into work and get promoted, - the effects of their presence on colleagues and corporations, and
- the superficial similarities (and fundamental differences) between leadership skills and psychopathic traits.
The work is interlaced with fictional narrative illustrating how the factual content applies to real-life situations.
See also
- American PsychoAmerican PsychoAmerican Psycho is a psychological thriller and satirical novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by the protagonist, serial killer and Manhattan businessman Patrick Bateman. The book's graphic violence and sexual content generated a great deal of...
- The Corporation
- Wall Street
- Horrible BossesHorrible BossesHorrible Bosses is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx...
External links
- Whittell, Giles (2002-11-11) Snakes in suits and how to spot them, TimesOnline.
- Spotting psychopaths at work, (2004-12-01). BBC
- 'Snakes in Suits' in corporate offices, Today, NBC.
Reviews
- Gambotto-Burke, AntonellaAntonella Gambotto-BurkeAntonella Gambotto-Burke is an Australian author and journalist.Gambotto-Burke has written one novel, The Pure Weight of the Heart, two anthologies, Lunch of Blood and An Instinct for the Kill, and a memoir, The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide, which has been published in four languages...
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