Although many people assume that psychopaths end up in jail, many of them actually wind up being highly successful in the workplace. The “psychopath in the boardroom” stops at nothing to get ahead, but manages to avoid getting caught by refraining from committing outright criminal acts.
The psychopathic boss, according to a team headed by Cynthia Mathieu, of the Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Canada (2014), engages in behaviors such as degrading and making fun of employees, lying and being deceptive, blaming others when things go wrong, and perhaps going so far as to harass and engage in physical aggression.
These are the individuals most likely to engage in workplace bullying, but because they are the boss, they are more likely to get away with it. The toxic environment that they create can lead to poorer performance by employees, greater emotional distress, and spillover into conflict at home.
Blurb from Psychology Today Magazine
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