9:00PM GMT 26 Jan 2013
Troublesome colleagues are likely to harbour a "dark triad" of psychopathic tendencies, Machiavellian cunning and narcissistic selfishness, according to a new study.
Among the examples of these 'triadics' he gives is the fictional Mafia boss Tony Soprano Photo: Warner Bros
If you feel your colleagues are out to get you, it turns out you could be
right.
A study of office politics suggests that workplaces are a jungle of awkward
personalities vying for domination.
Oliver James, the psychologist and broadcaster, identified three types of
dysfunctional personalities among white collar workers: psychopath,
Machiavellian, and narcissist.
These are the colleagues who have no compunction about trampling over others,
or like nothing more than to plot and scheme, or who drone on endlessly
about themselves.
Most terrifyingly, the author concluded that there was fourth dysfunctional
type: a “triadic person” who is a combination of all three. Such staff,
James warns, have a dangerous, yet effective mix of a lack of empathy,
self-centredness, deviousness and self-regard which can propel them to the
top of the organisations. MORE
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