Why some bosses reward ‘dark traits’ at work, and what it costs later

If you ever wondered why the most ruthless characters in corporate dramas, such as Succession, keep rising to the top, new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business suggests that dynamic is not just a TV trope. The study, published in the Journal of Managerial Psychology, found that some managers actively favor employees who display manipulative or self-serving traits when those behaviors help advance the manager’s own career goals.

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