Counter intuitively, this research finds that innovation is not negatively correlated with the presence of psychopathic managers but rather is significantly and positively correlated. This effect, from a survey of 261 full-time, white collar Australian employees, is strongest for product innovation and then administrative innovation, with the positive effect for process administration not statistically significant. Psychopathic managers have previously been linked to many detrimental characteristics within organisations and while this study finds employees working under psychopathic managers have lower autonomy in completing their work, their creativity is not decreased. Thus, the usual mechanism of higher creativity producing higher innovation is not the path linking psychopathic managers to innovation. It may be that the extreme environment, stress and high pressure created by psychopathic managers pushes employees towards innovativeness. This potentially positive effect of psychopathic managers is contrasted with their commonly reported negative aspects and suggests new avenues to explore for research aiming to increase innovation in the workplace.

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管理心理变态对组织创新的影响

与直觉相反，这项研究发现创新与精神病态管理者的存在没有负相关，而是显着正相关。根据对 261 名全职、澳大利亚白领员工的调查，这种影响在产品创新和管理创新方面最强，而对流程管理的积极影响在统计上并不显着。精神变态经理以前与组织内的许多不利特征有关，虽然这项研究发现在精神变态经理手下工作的员工完成工作的自主权较低，但他们的创造力并没有降低。因此，更高创造力产生更高创新的通常机制并不是将精神病管理者与创新联系起来的路径。可能是极端环境，精神变态的管理者造成的压力和高压会促使员工走向创新。精神病态管理者的这种潜在的积极影响与他们通常报告的消极方面形成鲜明对比，并为旨在增加工作场所创新的研究提供了新的探索途径。