The "Dark Traits" of Sociopathic Leaders: Could They Be a Threat to Universities?

Autor/in	Perry, Chad
Titel	The "Dark Traits" of Sociopathic Leaders: Could They Be a Threat to Universities?
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 57 (2015) 1, S.17-25 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Personality Problems; College Faculty; Administrator Characteristics; Psychopathology; Interpersonal Relationship; College Administration; Teacher Collaboration; Cooperation; Personnel Selection; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Fakultät; Psychopathologie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Lehrerkooperation; Co-operation; Kooperation; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Some sociopathic personality traits in managers can derail business organisations even though the leaders have been carefully selected and considered "high flyers". Three of those traits are narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. These traits are "socially-aversive" because the sociopaths have an ingrained disregard for relationships. We will "very likely" come into hurtful contact with a sociopath. This study addresses the problem: Could a leader of a university unit with strong levels of the dark triad traits derail their unit? After considering the literature about the dark triad and university leadership, this study argues that a sociopathic leader could degrade the collaborative nature of much of academics' work with other staff, students and society enough to produce mediocrity in their part of a university, but not enough to derail it. Implications for universities selecting non-sociopathic leaders and for individuals being led by sociopaths are suggested. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01