Manifestations of MACHIAVELLIANISM

Sometimes the manipulation is done so cleverly, that we do not even realize it is happening around us at the moment. We feel anxious and depressed, we are in constant stress and we slowly find out that we may no longer even communicate, but we cannot determine the right cause. Often, we have a tendency to attribute to ourselves that we are not able to cope with a certain phenomenon. Psychological manipulation occurs in everyday life and causes various difficulties, even traumas. Awareness in the presented publication is devoted to the issue of manipulation in the broader context of manifestations of Machiavellianism at a general level of theoretical-methodological concept, but also in terms of the particular effect of manipulation in business behavior. The introductory chapters of the monography are devoted to the questions of theoretical definitions of Machiavellianism, business behavior, manipulation.

Autorentext

Zuzana Birknerová is a teacher and researcher. She works at the Faculty of Management of the University of Preov in Preov, Slovakia, as Head of Department of Managerial Psychology. In her research she focuses on the development of managerial competences, interpersonal relationships and personality characteristics.