The three faces of anti-heroic leaders: Egocentricity, psychopathy and criminality

Abstract

This article examines the behaviour of unethical leaders in public organizations on two important outcomes: first, impact of behaviour that drags Government into courts and second, impact of behaviour responsible for public money. The authors, based on theoretical background, introduce the nomenclature of “Anti Heroes” and develop the hypothesis that these heroes have three faces one each for the destructive leadership, the corporate psychopathy and the white-collar criminality. In this study, the participants (N = 436) challenged the leadership from of a sample of 4000 disposed cases in Indian courts. Findings reveal a nexus between all the dark personalities and the resultant behaviour emerge as root cause in litigating the Government and wasting public money.