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The Abusive Leader: Dark Triad Personality and Toxic Leadership

The second post in a series on workplace toxicity looks at the leaders most likely to generate abusive, manipulative, and undermining behavior. Drawing on research into dark triad personality traits and destructive leadership, it asks why these leaders are so hard to spot early, why organizations protect them, and what the evidence says about how they sustain their position over time. Continue reading The Abusive Leader: Dark Triad Personality and Toxic Leadership

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abusive supervision, Burnout, CEOs, dark triad personality, Narcissism, personality, Research, toxic workplace, undermining

When does the workplace become toxic?

Series: Toxicity in the Workplace This is the first in a series of forthcoming blog posts on toxicity in the workplace, drawing on research in organizational behavior, leadership, and personality psychology. Much of my research sits at the intersection of leadership, values, personality, and international business. In recent years, a significant strand of that work has focused on the dark side of leadership, particularly on … Continue reading When does the workplace become toxic?

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CEOs, dark triad personality, International business, Leadership, Multinational enterprises, Narcissism, personality, Research

Behind the Born Global Firm: What We Know About the CEOs Who Drive Rapid Internationalization

Born global firms move fast, take risks, and commit to foreign markets quickly. Behind many of them is a CEO whose personality researchers are only beginning to understand, and who is probably not the type you would aspire to. Our new article published in the Journal of International Management examines what drives this kind of boldness. We focus on “born globals,” companies that venture into … Continue reading Behind the Born Global Firm: What We Know About the CEOs Who Drive Rapid Internationalization

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AI is Reshaping Work. So are Global Teams. HR is Struggling with Both.

AI is transforming how organizations work, but a quieter challenge has been building for decades. Global teams, the cross-border, multicultural groups that do the real coordination work of international organizations, are still waiting for HR to catch up. In an era preoccupied with what technology can do, the more pressing question may be what people, spread across borders and cultures, are actually capable of together. Continue reading AI is Reshaping Work. So are Global Teams. HR is Struggling with Both.

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CEOs, dark triad personality, entrepreneurship, International business, Leadership, Narcissism, Research

Who’s at the Wheel? CEO Personality and the Drive to Internationalize

What our new research reveals about the CEOs who drive firm internationalization There is a persistent assumption in leadership research that the most effective executives share broadly positive traits: conscientious, agreeable, emotionally stable. But what if some of the most consequential drivers of firm behavior lie precisely where we least like to look? A study recently published in the International Business Review, co-authored with colleagues … Continue reading Who’s at the Wheel? CEO Personality and the Drive to Internationalize

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