Study results, challenges and the role of internal communication in dealing with the dark triad in companies
How "psychopathic" are today's management levels? And what can internal communication do about it in the best case scenario? digitell.me Managing Director Prof. Dr. Christopher Morasch investigated these questions together with Annett Bergk and Romy Frandrup. The results are summarized in the book "Corporate Psychopathy", published by Springer Gabler Verlag.
The term "dark triad" has been known from psychological and medical research for more than 20 years and since then we have regularly come across it in the media, which report on the spread of this triad of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy in the world's executive floors and boardrooms. The specialist book by Bergk, Frandrup and Morasch is aimed at people who work in teams, are themselves managers or are involved in optimizing teamwork. It aims to show how people with psychopathic, Machiavellian or narcissistic tendencies act in companies, what effects they have on the team and how various situations can be improved in terms of communication.
Topic overview
An overview of research on narcissistic, Machiavellian and psychopathic managers in the world of work and how corporate psychopaths are portrayed in the media. One article explores the question of why managers sometimes have to appear narcissistic. An extensive article analyzes the differences in psychopathic personality traits between managers and people without management responsibility and explains what needs to be taken into account when filling management positions.Several articles deal with the special role of internal communication: How can internal communication recognize difficult corporate personalities and what knowledge does it need to successfully deal with them? It is shown how the negative effects of corporate psychopathy can be contained and the opportunities of personnel selection in identifying corporate psychopaths are classified.
The editors
Annett Bergk is the owner of the EINFACHkommunikation agency and advises small and medium-sized companies on strategic communication, graphic design and editing and is a lecturer at the Westfälische Hochschule.
Romy Frandrup ist Publizistin und Wirtschaftspsychologin. Sie blickt auf über 15 Jahre Erfahrung in den Bereichen Kommunikation und Marketing zurück und arbeitete für mehrere namhafte Agenturen und Unternehmen in unterschiedlichen Branchen.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Morasch is Professor of Public Relations in the Department of Computer Science and Communication at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences and founder and managing director of digitell.me GmbH, a software company specializing in surveys.
Bibliographic information
Corporate Psychopathy: Study results, challenges and the role of internal communication in dealing with the Dark Triad in companies; edited by Annett Bergk, Romy Frandrup and Prof. Dr. Christopher Morasch, Springer Gabler Verlag, Berlin 2023, 167 pages; Print: ISBN 978-3662678848, € 44.99; eBook (PDF): ASIN: B0CD3BDY62, € 34.99
Nähere Informationen unter https://corporate-psychopathy-buch.de.
