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The term “machiavellian” comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose name has become synonymous with cunning, strategy and manipulation. As a personality ...

If love is a game, are you being played? People who score high in the personality trait of Machiavellianism are masters of manipulation. They tend to be cunning, sly, and deceptive, and use others as ...

Dan Jones, an associate professor in management who researches toxic personality traits and how it can lead to unethical behavior, answers questions about what makes a master manipulator and how to ...

In the cutthroat world of corporate leadership, being strategically cunning may pay off—literally. Researchers at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business recently published a study ...

You've been pressured to work overtime to finish a project. You won't get paid for the extra hours but you've been assured there will be kudos from senior management. There is—but only for your boss, ...

Psychology researchers at the University of Oregon think they are getting closer to knowing whether personality and morality can be used to predict whether people adopt prejudicial beliefs. Science X ...