If you've ever known someone with Machiavellian traits, you know how damaging and destructive they can be. Deception, manipulation, and high self-interest are just a few characteristics that people ...

The term “machiavellian” comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose name has become synonymous with cunning, strategy and manipulation. As a personality ...

In the cutthroat world of corporate leadership, being strategically cunning may pay off—literally. Researchers at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business recently published a study ...