Scientists May Have Identified the World's First Corporate Psychopath
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Jeronimus Cornelisz, an employee of the Dutch East India Company who lived in the 17th century, is the first known corporate psychopath, according to British researchers from Anglia Ruskin University. They believe that an analysis of Cornelisz's actions following the Batavia disaster sheds new light on the origins of toxic mechanisms in the workplace.
They're charming, brilliant, and adept at job interviews. They get promoted faster than others and know how to build influence. The problem begins later. How to spot a psychopath before they destroy your team and yourself, explains Clive Boddy, a pioneer in research on corporate psychopathy and its impact on the workplace.
Power struggle after the shipwreck: In 1629 a merchant established a brutal reign of terror among the survivors of a Dutch merchant ship. A new historical case analysis recognizes in its procedure all ten characteristics, with which the management research describes so-called corporate psychopaths. The classification provides evidence of early toxic leadership, but is not a clinical diagnosis. Chelmsford (England). Early connected [...] The arti…
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