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Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
By Adrian Furnham
There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...
The Passive-Aggressive Individual
By Adrian Furnham
You must have met a few or maybe you are working with one right now. Who are passive-aggressive individuals and what makes...
Have You Ever Met a Psychopath? The Anatomy of the Corporate Psychopath
By Adrian Furnham
When we think of psychopaths, we think of blood-thirsty crazed killers who spend their lives in chains at maximum security prisons after...
A Beauty Premium and a Plainness Penalty: Attractiveness at Work
By Adrian Furnham
Are physically attractive people seriously advantaged at work?
Are they more likely to be selected, promoted, and given higher salaries? Does being physically...
Why Many Modern Psychology Test Publishers Fail
By Adrian Furnham
In the midst of the razzmatazz surrounding AI, we hear a lot about its potential for the recruitment process. But is it...
Can You Teach Leadership?
By Adrian Furnham
Can leadership be taught or is it an innate talent? This age-old question has been the topic of many debates in the...
Tyrant Leadership: Putin and the Psychology of Power
By John Taylor and Adrian Furnham
Vladimir Putin appears to be firmly in control of his country, able to bend it to his will and...
Authenticity at Work: Be Honest, is it a Good Thing?
By Adrian Furnham
It is often said that honesty is the best policy. But if we apply that maxim invariably and unquestioningly, does that automatically...
Laugh and the World Complains to HR: Humour at Work
By Adrian Furnham
But it was just “workplace banter”! Another pale, stale, frail male attempts to defend himself against a range of accusations of “inappropriateness”...
Trust, Treason and Treachery: The Psychology of Spying
By Adrian Furnham and John Taylor
“In the world of intelligence, it is trust not betrayal which dominates the mindset”
What exactly do spies do? What...
Old and New Takes on Selection Interviews
By Adrian Furnham
Nearly all selection processes involve the famous trio: application form, references and interview. Both the selectors and the candidates seem to like...
Distractions, Decisions and Domesticity: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of WFH
By Adrian Furnham
Whilst the number of teleworkers increased linearly since the beginning of the millennium, it has been the Covid-19 pandemic and the compulsory...
People Assessment in the Digital Age
By Adrian Furnham
How have technical, social, economic and legal forces influenced the business of people assessment? New technologies used in assessment include smartphone and...
The Psychology of Start-Ups
By Adrian Furnham
Every generation likes to believe that they are different from those that came before them – “new and improved” as advertisers like...
Select out: Why selection often goes wrong and what to do about it
By Adrian Furnham
The process of selecting people, in business as in social relationships, tends to focus on the “good” characteristics we are looking for....
Sex and Money: Do men and women use money differently
By Adrian Furnham
Do men and women, think about, use and invest money differently? If so why? Dare one go there? One has to be...
Pay Secrecy
By Adrian Furnham
Even with today’s rapidly progressing society, there still exists a certain stigma towards the topic of salary or compensation. Employees have taken...
Current Development in Psychometric Tests
By Adrian Furnham
Finding the right person who is well suited for a job position is vital in any organisation’s success. There are numbers of...
Savvy and Skillful: a new look at office politics
By Adrian Furnham
Until recently the concept of office politics was exclusively associated with dirty tricks and Machiavellian manipulation. But recently psychologists using the concept...
Counterwork Behaviours
By Adrian Furnham
Counterwork behaviours – CWBs – include fraud, misconduct, and work avoidance cost organisations billions every year. In this article, Professor Furnham discusses...
Whither Talent?
By Adrian Furnham
To what end can talent be defined, sought out and developed? In this article Andrew Furnham discusses the different ideas of what...
Careering Off Track: The New World of Work
By Adrian Furnham
Today, the idea of a ‘job for life’ is, for many people, neither possible nor desirable. The concept of the career has,...
Fads and Fashions in Management
By Adrian Furnham
In this article, the author shows that many fads and fashions in management are short lived and based upon flimsy evidence, yet...
Creativity at Work
By Adrian Furnham
Creativity is not an easy topic to research and few serious scientists conduct work in the area. First, creativity is difficult to...
The Psychology of Disenchantment
By Adrian Furnham
Justice has always been a major issue among people. Especially in an organisational context, where many employees with different values, interests, and...
What is Resilience?
By Adrian Furnham
Can resilience be taught? If so, how? And are some organisations more resilient than others? This article considers how the notion of...
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The Lawbreaker: How Deliberate Rule-Breaking Drives Innovation
By Doug Hall
Transformational ideas require a leap of faith. They require you to break free of your “adultness” to allow your mind to run free and unconstrained. This article presents one of the most...
The Drama Queen Leader: Theatricality and Inappropriate Behaviour
By Adrian Furnham
Friendly, dramatic, and attention-seeking, they are difficult to miss. You may find them entertaining in social settings, but what happens when you have to work with them? In this article, Adrian Furnham...
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Artificial Integrity
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