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Get ahead through honour and integrity? Forget about it!

January 29, 2013

A lack of success criteria in the modern office has provided enough shades of grey for mobster-like bosses to flourish through narcissistic, Machiavellian and even psychopathic behaviour, according to a book published next month.

In Office Politics, psychologist and broadcaster Oliver James, proposes three less-than-complimentary personality types that he has encountered among white collar workers in the office – the psychopath, the Machiavel and the narcissist. (more…)