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Snakes in Suits

Snakes In Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
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Hardcover edition
Author Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare
Country United States
Language English
Subject Psychopathy, business
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher HarperBusiness
Publication date
May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)
Media type Print
Pages 336
ISBN

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work is a 2006 non-fiction book by industrial psychologist Paul Babiak and Criminal psychologist Robert D. Hare.

The text covers the nature of psychopaths in the context of employment and purports to explain:

The work is interlaced with fictional narratives illustrating how the factual content applies to real-life situations. Characteristics of manipulators are described as shifting to meet stereotypical gender expectations: a female psychopath might make full use of the passive, warm, nurturing, and dependent sex-role stereotype in order to get what she wants out of others and a male psychopath might use a macho image, intimidation, and aggression to achieve satisfaction of his desires.

The authors posit that around 3–4% of more senior positions in business are psychopaths.

The authors describe a five phase model of how a typical workplace psychopath climbs to and maintains power:

A review of Snakes in Suits by The Australian called it "a lay guide to corporate psychopaths." and concluded "However wooden in parts, Snakes in Suits is a valuable addition to any business library."

Snakes in Suits has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,BookList,Psychology Today,California Bookwatch,Security Management,Canadian Business, and Finweek.


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