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dc.contributor.authorJarman, Rodney
dc.contributor.editorN/A
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:02:04Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:02:04Z
dc.date.created2014-03-17T20:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationJarman, Rodney. 2013. Psychopathy as a Phenomenon of Interest in Information Systems Research, in Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems, Jun 5-8 2013, Paper 84. Utrecht, The Netherlands: AIS eLibrary.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37342
dc.description.abstract

Psychopathy is typically associated with criminal behavior but is common in organizations. While psychopathy is estimated to be present in one per cent of the general population, it may be present in up to four percent of senior managers. Psychopaths in organizations are believed to cause considerable individual and organizational harm. Psychopathic behavior has been suggested as a cause behind the Enron collapse and the Global Financial Crisis. Despite the attention in other research areas, psychopathy has only one reference in information systems (IS) research. This paper proposes psychopathy as a phenomenon of interest for IS. The paper examines the research literature concerning psychopaths in organizations and then relates this to IS implementation failure. The difficulties of researching psychopathy and future research are also discussed.

dc.publisherAIS eLibrary
dc.relation.urihttp://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2013_cr/84
dc.subjectpsychopaths
dc.subjectcorporate psychopaths
dc.subjectinformation systems research
dc.subjectinformation systems implementation
dc.titlePsychopathy as a Phenomenon of Interest in Information Systems Research
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage13
dcterms.source.titleECIS 2013 Proceedings
dcterms.source.seriesECIS 2013 Proceedings
dcterms.source.isbn9789039361122
dcterms.source.conferenceEuropean Conference on Information Systems 2013
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJun 5 2013
dcterms.source.conferencelocationUtrecht, The Netherlands
dcterms.source.placeUSA
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