Machiavellianism in the workplace Machiavellianism in the workplace Machiavellianism in the workplace is the employment of cunning and duplicitous behavior in a business setting. The term "Machiavellianism" is from the book "The Prince" by Machiavelli which lays out advice to rulers how to govern his or her subjects. Machiavellianism has been studied extensively over the past 40 years as a personality characteristic that shares features with manipulative leadership tactics. It has in recent times been adapted and applied to the context of the workplace and organizations by many writers and academics. The Machiavellian typically manipulates on occasions where it is advantageous to achieve the
Michael Haas (political scientist) Michael Haas (political scientist) Michael Haas (born 1938, Detroit, Michigan) is an American political scientist. Haas received his cum laude baccalaureate degree at Stanford University in 1959. Yale University awarded him a master's degree in 1960. He received his Ph.D. at Stanford in 1964. All degrees were in political science. Under the direction of his thesis adviser, Robert C. North, his Ph.D. dissertation, "Some Societal Correlates of International Political Behavior" demonstrated that countries go to war after serious unemployment results in increased suicide. During his last year of work on his doctoral degree, he taught temporarily at San Jose State