Power turns people with high testosterone into narcissists

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In Greek mythology, a hunter named Narcissus fell in love with himself when he saw his own image reflected in a pool of water. Sadly, self-obsessed narcissists are no myth in the modern workplace, revealing themselves in tendencies like taking credit for others’ hard work, name-dropping and hogging the centre of attention. Perhaps even more troubling, narcissists also seem to enjoy positions of power and privilege. Until now, it was assumed narcissists tended to clinch powerful positions for themselves. However, research by Dr Nicole Mead and researcher Anika Stuppy suggests that power itself may create narcissists.

Mead, Stuppy and their fellow researchers found that endowing people with social power inflates the socially-toxic component of narcissism called exploitation and entitlement. ...

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