Human Frailties

Professor Ronald J. Burke was Founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and has served on a number of editorial boards. He was Director of the PhD Program at Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, and Associate Dean for Research and is now Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior. He has published over 500 journal articles and edited or co-edited many books. Professor Suzy Fox is on the faculty of the Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations at the Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago. Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School, England. He is a prolific author and contributor to national media. He is Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, President, Past President or Chair of a number of academies of management, institutes and national associations.

• Part I Human Frailties: An Overview: Human frailties in the workplace: their nature, consequences and remedy, Ronald J. Burke. Part II Human Frailties: Antecedents and Consequences: Substance abuse and addiction in the workplace, Susanna Galea and Hamid Ghodse; Materialism and its discontents, Ronald J. Burke; Like moths attracted to flames: management hubris and financial reporting fraud, Michel Magnan, Denis Cormier and Pascale Lapointe-Antunes; The narcissistic leader: the one we love to hate or hate to love?, Suzy Fox; Emotional intelligence and human frailty at work: can we be too emotionally intelligent?, Peter J. Jordan, Ashlea C. Troth and Neal M. Ashkanasy; The challenge of heavy work investment (HWI), Raphael Snir and Itzhak Harpaz; Bullying, stress and health in school principals and medical professionals: experiences at the 'front line', Philip Riley and Janice Langan-Fox; Counterproductive work behavior: where we have been and where we are going, Lisa M. Penney and Stacey R. Kessler. Part III Addressing Human Frailties in the Workplace: Recovery from work stress as an opportunity to foster well-being and performance, Anna Rosa Koch, Verena C. Hahn and Carmen Binnewies; Respite redux, Dov Eden and Mina Westman; Proposed frailties of courage and related interventions, Cynthia L.S. Pury; Professional moral courage: establishing ethical strength in organizational settings, Leslie E. Sekerka; Index.

’This is a valuable and unique book which reflects a new trend: namely concentrating on the dark side of work. Over half the well written and up-to-date chapters examine the causes and consequences of dark people and dark work situations that reflect the book’s subtitle. I very much enjoyed reading many of the chapters in a book that should be of use not only to students and researchers but managers struggling with the forces of darkness in their workplace.’ Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK ’... a sobering and illuminating collection documenting just how often the desire to succeed can come to override honest ethical behaviour and lead to reckless, destructive and fraudulent behaviour resulting in the courts, prison or death.’ Michael Walton, Director, People in Organisations Ltd, UK