...Sandra Julia Diller; Magdalena Weber; Andrea Czibor; Johannes Klackl; Eva Jonas Purpose Dark Triad (DT) leaders can have a detrimental impact on their environment. The present research explores whether DT leaders can even be perceived as a threat, inducing affective states of anxious inhibition...

... and highlighting how personality traits, specifically the dark triad, act as foundational antecedents of dark leadership behaviours. Malcolm Higgs can be contacted at: malcolm.higgs@soton.ac.uk 28 04 2024 13 12 2024 04 06 2025 08 08 2025 28 08 2025 © Emerald Publishing...

... of these relationships is mediated by burnout. No support was found for a relationship between lead founder Machiavellianism and burnout, but post hoc analyses revealed a U-shaped curvilinear relationship with burnout. Originality/value This study extends existing research on the Dark Triad traits by shifting focus...

...Ethlyn A. Williams; Kate M. McCombs; Rajnandini Pillai; Kevin B. Lowe Purpose This research aims to examine the influence of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) dark triad traits, follower COVID-19 anxiety and self-leadership on follower evaluations of the effectiveness of organizations’ response...

...=37.74 and SD_age=10.38) completed questionnaires on the Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy) and the Big Five (emotional stability, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness). They also provided information on their objective (salary...