The Leadership Hubris Epidemic Biological Roots and Strategies for Prevention /

The Leadership Hubris Epidemic Biological Roots and Strategies for Prevention /

This edited collection surveys and analyses the multidimensional problem of Hubris syndrome, and its deleterious effect on leadership within organisations. The study develops an extended metaphor of the social and political ill of Hubris as a virulent, communicable disease of dysfunctional leadershi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Garrard, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Leadership.
Neuropsychology.
Personnel management.
Industrial psychology.
Project management.
Industrial management-Environmental aspects.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Human Resource Management.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Project Management.
Sustainability Management.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Biology
  • 1. Frontotemporal Dementia: A Clue to the Biological Basis of Hubris Syndrome?; Peter Garrard
  • 2. From Molecule to Market; John Coates, Mark Gurnell and Zoltan Sarnyai
  • 3. The Winner Effect: The Neuropsychology of Power; Ian H. Robertson
  • Part II. Culture
  • 4. Management Failure and Derailment; Adrian Furnham
  • 5. Toxic Leadership in the Military; John W. Dagless
  • 6. Dysfunctional Leadership in Corporations; Dennis Tourish
  • Part III. Hygiene and Antidotes
  • 7. Heads of Govenrment 'Toe-Holders' and Time Limits; David Owen
  • 8. Influential Partnerships: A Possible Role for a Modern-Day Court Jester; Gillian Hyde
  • 9. Preventing and Curing Hubris in Leaders; Karen Otazo.

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