Bernstein, Albert J.

Emotional vampires at work : dealing with bosses and coworkers who drain you dry / [manuscript] : by Albert J. Bernstein, PhD. - USA:., McGraw-Hill, ; c2013. - xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Emotional vampires : who are they? -- Maturity and mental health : protect yourself from emotional vampires by thinking more slowly than they do -- Who are you? -- Antisocials -- Antisocial bullies and substance abusers -- Con-artists -- Antisocial cultures -- Histrionics -- The magical world of histrionic hams -- Passive-aggressives -- Histrionic cultures -- Narcissists -- Narcissistic legends in their own minds -- Narcissistic superstars -- Narcissistic cultures -- Obsessive-compulsives -- Obsessive-compulsive perfectionists and puritans -- Obsessive-compulsive cultures -- Paranoids -- Vampire visionaries -- Paranoid cultures -- Dangerously dysfunctional cultures : fifteen signs that an organization is run by vampires for vampires -- Epilogue.

9780071790932 (hpb) : 750.00 Birr 0071790934 (alk. paper)

2013002310


Verbal self-defense.
Interpersonal conflict.
Interpersonal communication.

BF637.V473 / B47 2013

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