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Post-Machiavellian Political Thought and Tacitism
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A Machiavellian interpretation of political dynamics
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1987.
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Ethical Reasoning, Machiavellian Behavior, and Gender: The Impact on Accounting Students' Ethical Decision Making
… also suggests that individuals agreeing with Machiavellian statements are more likely to agree with questionable activities. Hypothesis two investigates the relationship between Machiavellian behavior and ethical decision making. Prior gender literature suggests that gender influences ethical …
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To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy
… in American foreign policy by creating a near Machiavellian Moment for the United States characterised by the question of Republic or Empire? To understand how the near-Machiavellian Moment changed American foreign policy, this thesis compares and contrasts Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger. They …
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Exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism in Youth: An Examination of Associations with Antisocial Behavior and Aggression
… of CU traits, narcissistic traits, and Machiavellian traits with overt aggression, relational aggression, delinquency, behavioral dysregulation, and emotional dysregulation in a community sample of boys and girls (ages 11-17). Results indicated that the three personality traits were …
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Aberrant self-promotion versus Machiavellianism: a discriminant validity study
… the aberrant self-promotion construct from the Machiavellianism construct proposed by Christie (1970a). The aberrant self-promoter (ASP) has been conceptualized as exhibiting high self-esteem, low social desirability, and a high degree of antisocial behavior. In contrast, the Machiavellian has …
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Replacing Workplace Leadership with Political Expediency
… the MACH V Attitude Inventory for determining Machiavellian tendencies via an online survey site. An examination and evaluation of survey results yielded a surpirsingly consistent neutral score, but no indication of Machiavellian tendencies within the respondent group.</p>
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A study of the Machiavellian orientation locus of control and job satisfaction of a selected sample of Virginia public school secondary level principals
… relationships between two personality variables, Machiavellianism (i.e., manipulativeness) and locus of control as well as the combined relationships of these two variables with a third, affective variable, job satisfaction. A sample of 225 public school secondary level administrators were given …
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An Exploration of Corporate Social Responsibility and Machiavellianism in Future Health Care Professionals
… of relationships between CSR orientations and Machiavellian tendencies. To conduct the study, 162 future health care professionals enrolled in varying healthcare- related programs at an accredited university were surveyed. Findings from the study indicated a linear relationship between an …
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Rationalizing Ethically Questionable Intentions: An Investigation of Marketing Practices in the USA.
… of neutralization, perceived moral intensity, Machiavellianism, unethical intentions, and ethical judgment. Using a sample of 276 U.S. marketing professionals, partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to validate the model. Findings reveal that U.S. marketing professionals …
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Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory in a Non-criminal Population
… into eight subscales in the PPI including Machiavellian Egocentricity, Social Potency, Coldheartedness, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Blame Externalization, Impulsive Nonconformity and Stress Immunity. The hypothesized relationships and factor structure of this study follow the …
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Ethical Decision-Making as an Indicator of Leadership Styles in Hospitality Management: An Empirical Investigation
… leadership styles in Australia are a blend of Machiavellian (manipulative) and Bureaucratic styles and that variance in this choice correlates with the age of the respondent. That is, the older the manager, the less Machiavellian or Bureaucratic they become. Based on the relationships explored …
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The King's Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I
<p> </p> <p>Recent scholarship has explored the “Machiavellian” actions of Prince Hal in <em>Henry IV,</em><em><em> Part 1 ; </em></em>yet the classical rhetorical pedagogy of Renaissance Britain suggests that the speeches in the play lead to a transformation in Hal that is antithetical to the …
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Validity Study of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory in a Noncriminal Population
… into eight subscales in the PPI including Machiavellian Egocentricity, Social Potency, Coldheartedness, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Blame Extemalization, Impulsive Nonconformity and Stress Immunity. In this study, the relationship between the PPI and four theoretically related …
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Making offense A Skill: The Vice, the Machiavel, and the Problem of Legitimacy In Shakespearean Histories
… problem of legitimacy is the development of the Machiavellian politician. Beginning with King John, the Machiavel and his attempts to solve the legitimacy problem may be linked in various ways to the medieval Vice character. As the histories progress, the Machiavel gradually separates from the …
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