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Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

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Business and Management
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
45
Citations
16062
World Ranking
1253
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award

Overview

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is affiliated with INSEAD in France and has a substantial body of research contributions primarily published in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, political science and international relations, social psychology, and information systems and management.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • How Leaders Get the Worst Out of People: The Threat of Hate-based Populism (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Do you Really Want to Become a Billionaire? A Look Inside the Inner Theatre of the Super-rich (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Doing a Madoff: The Psychology of White-collar Criminals (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • The Golden Larva Syndrome: Moving from Self-Sabotage to Self-Actualization (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Understanding Human Stupidity in a Post-truth Area (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)

The scientist frequently collaborates with Caroline Rook, with whom they have co-authored multiple works.

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries has published extensively, especially in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (29 publications)
  • Organisational and Social Dynamics (2 publications)
  • The "business & management collection" (1 publication)

Their book publications have primarily been with Springer International Publishing, which accounts for six titles. Notable books include:

  • The Daily Perils of Executive Life (2022)
  • Leadership Unhinged (2021)
  • Quo Vadis? (2021)
  • The CEO Whisperer (2020)
  • The Path to Authentic Leadership (2022)
  • The Path to Individual and Organizational Transformation (expected 2025)

Research topics covered by their work include:

  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political theory and Gramsci
  • Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Best Publications

  • The dynamics of family controlled firms: The good and the bad news.

    Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

  • Neurotic Organization : Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Danny Miller

  • The neurotic organization

    Howard S. Schwartz;Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Danny Miller

  • Top Executive Locus of Control and Its Relationship to Strategy-Making, Structure, and Environment

    Danny Miller;Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Jean-Marie Toulouse

  • The Downside of Downsizing

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Katharina Balazs

  • Narcissism and Leadership: An Object Relations Perspective

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Danny Miller

  • The leadership mystique

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • Personality, Culture, and Organization

    Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries;Danny Miller

  • Power and the corporate mind

    Abraham Zaleznik;Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • Organizational paradoxes: Clinical approaches to management

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • Organizations on the Couch:: A Clinical Perspective on Organizational Dynamics

    Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

  • Family Business: Human Dilemmas in the Family Firm : Text and Cases

    Manfred F. R Kets de Vries

  • The Anatomy of the Entrepreneur: Clinical Observations

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • Leadership group coaching in action: The Zen of creating high performance teams

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • Organizations on the Couch: Clinical Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Change

    Gary Gemmill;Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People and Organizations

    Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

  • Creating Authentizotic Organizations: Well-Functioning Individuals in Vibrant Companies

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

  • INTERPRETING ORGANIZATIONAL TEXTS

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries;Danny Miller

  • Neurotic style and organizational pathology

    Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries;Danny Miller

  • The dangers of feeling like a fake.

    Manfred F R Kets de Vries

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