[LINK] On the troll

[David Boxall]

Stephen,

>  "workplace psychopath" or "malignant narcissist"
You flatter him.  I reckon the sad git hypothesis applies.

Our troll once had influence.  Now, the rooster is a feather duster, if
not a capon.  Throw in reports of financial problems and the pathos mounts.

If he'd concentrated more on putting food on the table and less on his
onanistic obsession, things might be different.

-- 
David Boxall                    |  All that is required
david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au  |  for evil to prevail is
                                 |  for good men to do nothing.
                                 |     -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

At 20/11/2005 3:59 PM Stephen Jenkin wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, David Boxall wrote:
> 
> 
>>I see the troll is back, befouling the list again.
>>
>>
>>>we can't begin to have a sensible conversation on the subject.
>>
>>Sensible conversation is not his aim.  The troll gets his thrills from
>>disruption and discord.  ...  The reaction he wants is public spectacle.
> 
> 
> David - very good points.  
> 
> You comments hold the seeds of a group dealing with 'trolls':
>  - ignore the bad behaviour, don't buy into to it, ever.
>  - they will then escalate their behaviour & attempts to be noticed
>    or control others.
>  - after a time without their 'jollies' or pay-offs, they will drop the
>    behaviour or seek other outlets for it.
>  - repeat as needed. 
>    Consistency & unbending will from *everyone* are essential.
> 
> [[[Apologies for the length of the post. Links & comment after here]]]
> 
> If you google for the terms: 
>  "workplace psychopath" or "malignant narcissist"
> you will find a whole wealth of work/information on the topic :-)
> 
> Naming a thing for what it is, gives insight and the ability to draw on
> others work, understanding or resources to either deal with or reduce it
> to (personal) insignificance or indifference.
> 
> Just naming it and not doing the hard work doesn't yield any benefits,
> probably the opposite.
> 
> Prof Robert Hare developed the "20-item Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R)".
> For those that care, a list of the items:
> http://www.swin.edu.au/victims/resources/assessment/personality/psychopathy_checklist.html
> 
> Workplace Psychopaths:
>  [book by John Clarke (psychologist) "Working with Monsters, How to
>   Identify and Protect Yourself from the Workplace Psychopath"
> 
> SMH article on book:
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Mad-bad-and-running-the-company/2005/04/15/1113509924534.html?oneclick=true
> And ABC on the book:
> http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1314881.htm
> 
> Very good on-line resource for bullying & workplace psychopaths:
> http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm
> 
> "Types of serial bully: The Attention-Seeker, The Wannabe, The Guru and
> The Sociopath".
> 
> Here's a snippet on Narcissts from: http://samvak.tripod.com/msla.html
> 
> "Why should people indulge the narcissist, divert time and energy, give
> him attention, love and adulation? The narcissist's answer is simple:
> because he is *entitled* to it. He feels that he deserves whatever he
> succeeds to extract from others and much more. Actually, he feels
> betrayed, discriminated against and underprivileged because he believes
> that he is not being treated fairly, that he should get more than he
> does."
> 
> And more than you probably want to know on various "Antisocial Personality
> Disorders":
> http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/narcissism/antisocial_sociopath_psychopath.html
> 
>