Counterproductive Work Behaviors

1Introduction

The Dark Side of the Workplace

One of the more notable examples of a dark triad personality in the business world is that of Bernard Madoff, the ex-chairman of Nasdaq, a competitor in the New York Stock Exchange, who has been called a sociopath and a psychopath (Boddy, 2016). Commentators have reported that Madoff shared many of the traits of a psychopath and was a genial, charismatic, greedy manipulator who did not care whom he hurt in the process of becoming extremely wealthy. His psychopathic traits helped him to climb the corporate ladder and inevitably brought about his downfall (Quow, 2013). Described as a terrific salesman and as a leading celebrity in financial circles, it was reported that Madoff showed no remorse or regret ...