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Our topic is Dark triad of personality

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Personality has been derived from the Latin word Persona which means
mask.
It is the combination of individual thoughts, characteristics , behaviours ,
attitude , idea & habits.
As Persona means mask hence it is something which one don't show to
others from front ie.in front - you are something and at the back you are a
totally new person .So one can be dark in nature/behaviours (Kind of
personality disorder)
Hence taking account of this the personality disorder is of three types :1) Machiavellianism
2) Narcissism
3) Psychopathy
Together these three personalities are referred as dark triad of personality.
The dark triad is a group of three personalities as mentioned previously and
here the term DARK implies these traits are malevolent qualities (wish to do
evil of others).
1) Machiavellianism :Machiavellianism is basically described as person's tendency to be
unemotional and hence a kind of personality to deceive and manipulate others
(one is focused on self interest)
Eg :- A personality of this kind of a person never told anyone the real reason
of doing something unless one feels it is useful to tell.
ie. In TV Show - Game of Thrones - Lord Varys & Lord Baelish character is
based on Machiavellianism.
2) Narcissism :-

Narcissism is basically lack of empathy ie. A personality disorder in


which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy ,
power ,prestige.
For Eg :- In Movie Sweet & Low Down (2000)- Sean Penns character is
based on Narcissism .
3) Psychopathy :Psychopathy is the personality disorder characterized by anti-social
behaviour or bold behaviour ie. A person consider himself above others
For Eg :- In Tv Show - Game of Thrones - Joffrey Baratheon character is
based on Psychopathy.

Hence passing to who will explain how these personality traits are manifested
in behavior of managers.
Thank You.

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