'Toxic,' but still successful professionally?

(University of Bonn) Toxic personality is a term used to describe people who behave greedily, immodestly and unfairly and take the truth very lightly. Dr. Mareike Kholin, Bastian K ü ckelhaus and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Blickle from the Department of Psychology at the University of Bonn found out why such people can still succeed in their careers. The trick that leads to the top is social skill. The results are presented online in advance in " Personality and Individual Differences " .
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news