The share of psychopaths among top managers of modern business corporations is about one-fifth of psychopaths and corresponds to the number of prisoners in prisons. This is according to a new study conducted by a group of scientists from Australia, ABC reported.
They studied 261 head of business corporations and found that in 21% of cases there were signs of a "very high" level of psychopathic traits: inability to empathize, shallowness, insincerity. Similar results were obtained by scientists in the study of prison inmates.
The researchers say that these results were significantly higher than what they expected. According to them, "successful psychopaths" have become much more common after the global financial crisis of 2008.
"Too often, companies look at the skills of (candidate), and only secondarily - on the features of his personality", - said one of the study participants Nathan Brooks. vermox online
Meanwhile, the researchers note that "successful psychopaths" can be unsafe. "As a rule, they are creating a lot of chaos and set people against each other", - says Brooks. According to him, such people can be superficially charming, but prone to unethical actions and against the law.