Series: Toxicity in the Workplace

A research-based series on toxic workplaces: the behaviors that define them, the leaders who drive them, and what they cost the people who work in them.

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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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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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The Human Cost: What Toxic Workplaces Do to People’s Health

Toxic workplaces do not just damage careers. The research shows they damage health, in ways that are measurable, serious, and often invisible until the harm is done. This post in the workplace toxicity series looks at the evidence . Continue reading The Human Cost: What Toxic Workplaces Do to People’s Health

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Podcast Episode: Toxic Workplaces and their Consequences

Episode 1 Series: Toxicity in the Workplace Welcome to the first episode of the Toxicity in the Workplace podcast series! This episode covers the first four posts in the series: the behaviors that define toxic work environments, the personality traits of the leaders who generate them, how widespread the problem is in Ireland and across Europe, and what working in these conditions costs people. Continue reading Podcast Episode: Toxic Workplaces and their Consequences

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