6 The Dark Triad May Not be So Dark: Exploring Why “Toxic” Leaders Are So Common—With Some Implications for Scholarship and Education1
Research on topics such as the “dark triad” of personality traits (Furnham et al., 2013), including leader narcissism (Braun, 2017), Machiavellianism (Jones & Mueller, 2021), elements of psychopathy (Neo et al., 2018), and the effects of toxic leader behavior on individual and organizational outcomes (Braun, 2017) has proliferated. And no wonder. The world seemingly faces a plethora of problematic leaders who provide a continuing source of wonder and commentary for observers who do not understand how the narcissists and psychopaths can not only achieve powerful positions ...
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