By Leslie Pratch
More and more, I think of integrity in terms of balance between self and other. It is this wholeness, a linking the different parts of self. Low integrity overdevelops the self and that makes the person a high risk for doing low integrity actions because such a person will put the self ahead [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Please visit the following link to this course, offered this past winter. If you are interested, please contact Joyce Shin or me.
Posted by Leslie Pratch
A NEW EDEN
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Joyce Shin
Associate Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
Psalm 148
Isaiah 65:17–25
Revelation 21:1–6
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and [...]
By Leslie Pratch
This series suggests that it may be useful to assess the whole person when making predictions regarding how an executive might behave under new and stressful conditions, rather than just examining the executive’s track record and experience.
The focus in this series has been on understanding the personality characteristics of executives who are likely [...]
By Leslie Pratch
The research presented here has implications for minimizing the selection of executives who are prone to unethical behavior. It is impossible to eliminate such behavior, particularly in light of the proclivity of low integrity executives to hide their duplicity from the outside world and even from themselves. An executive may manifest low integrity [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Narcissism, Active Coping, and Integrity
Previously, I have argued that predicting the performance of an executive requires looking below the surface of personality. This argument rings true for integrity. The high and low integrity executives appeared superficially similar. All of the executives described themselves as desiring and attaining high achievement. The low executives differed [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Psychological Structure
The discrepancy between overt aspects and covert tendencies was captured in the types assigned to the executives. HHL, for example, indicates high coping and motivation on overt behavioral levels but passivity on the underlying levels of personality. The low integrity executives consciously emphasized their confidence and superiority but their stories indicate [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Personality Structure and Dynamics
Self-Description of Motivational Priorities. The motivational differences on the self-report measure of personality reflected the early relationships between the executives and their fathers. Low integrity executives had conflicts with their fathers. This condition contributed to their exhibitionistic, rebellious, and impulsive motivational structures. They appeared to reject the presence and [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Now let’s look at the current development of the high and low integrity executives.
Current Family Setting. All of the high integrity executives were in stable marriages. They described their wives in unequivocally positive terms and with personalities that resembled their mothers. They viewed their wives as intelligent, active, and with [...]
By Leslie Pratch
Let’s look at the past development of the high and low integrity executives.
Family and Sociocultural Background. The high and low integrity executives evinced significant differences in their early development. These differences appeared in their relationship with their fathers and to some extent, their mothers. In particular, the high integrity executives, who had such [...]