Machiavellianism

Many wars, rebellions, and revolutions have shaped the United States of America into what it is today. But no war, some historians argue, shaped this country so much as the Cold War. Being one of the longest wars in the United States ' history, it spanned from approximately 1947 to 1991*, a total of 44 years. It wasn 't a particularly common war, where the two opposing sides attack each other directly. It was a war fought with pawns and threats, with destruction and the manipulation of nations,…

perceptions about the organizational support they receive. • H1b Students scoring high in narcissism are more likely to cut corners at college depending on their perceptions about the organizational support they receive. • H1c Students scoring high machiavellianism are more likely to cut corners at college depending on their perceptions about the organizational support they receive.  H2a Students scoring high in psychopathy…

Although the idea of Machiavellianism is synonymous for sinister, ruthless, and most often heartless, Machiavelli proves near the end of chapter ten in book one of the Discourses that he in fact does not condone such behavior and even that such will be the root of destruction. In this passage, Machiavelli focuses on what a society is like with a “good” prince versus what a society is like with a “bad” prince. When Machiavelli describes a prince as bad he means that they acquired power by…

triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism; Paulhus & Williams, 2002) are related to a greater tendency, for both men and women, to engage in sexual harassment (Zeigler-Hill et al., 2016). Therefore, the present study focused on these traits and their effect on perceptions of harassment as it is highly likely that an individual who has a tendency to engage in sexual harassment, also holds an inaccurate perception of the behaviour. The Dark triad traits, Machiavellianism,…

applications should not be held morally responsible. *************** Dark Triad is a cluster of personality traits that includes psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. Psychopathy is characterized by high impulsivity and low empathy; narcissism is the personality trait of individuals with an inflated sense of their own self-worth; and Machiavellianism is characterized by manipulative and exploitative behavior. It is a new way to understand “evil” in the larger, everyday…

LOCUS OF CONTROL The locus of control is the framework of social learning theory that explains how people take responsibility for their actions and how they believed to be the master of their own fate (Mearns, 2016). Furthermore, the concept of locus of control splits people into internal and external personality attributes. Zimbardo (1985) accounted that it is a belief about whether the outcomes of actions are contingent on the events outside (external) or under their personal control…

The Impact of Machiavelli’s The Prince on Modern Day Politics Over the course of the last five centuries, Niccolo Machiavelli has been considered by many scholars as one of the most controversial historical figures of the Renaissance period. As a keen observer of the Italian oligarchy, he saw that the “Italian city-states were ruled by men whose authority rested solely on their cunning and effective use of force, which was witnessed as a new phenomenon” (Perry, 186). Additionally, Machiavelli…

The leadership is the essential aspect for a company to be competitive because it formulates the company’s strategy and manage the resources, such as employees, operations, and finances. [1] According to Hogan & Kaiser (2005, p171), leadership is usually defined in terms of the leader who are in charge of organizations and their teams with the needed skills to successfully negotiate the status hierarchy of a large bureaucratic organization. The leader who embedded its leadership on his team is…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince is a classic, literary work that illustrates and defines the true characteristic qualities of a prince, monarch, ruler, nobleman, or any other titled person of power. Those who follow Machiavelli’s judgement would be considered as strong and wise leaders. Some leaders in history have exemplified praised qualities, whereas others have succeeded in alternative methods. These leaders have assumed great, influential power, but the processes by which they lead…

“The hero and the psychopath may be twigs from the same genetic branch.” That’s what behavioral geneticist David T. Lykken said in his book The Antisocial Personality. Though they seem like exact opposites, many of the character traits associated with psychopathic behavior – like fearlessness, brashness, and willingness to take risks – are also linked to the kind of behavior we admire in heroes. And there is increasing evidence to support the hypothesis. Travelling back in time, we find lots of…