Research on the relationship between psychopathy and leadership effectiveness has adopted very different perspectives on psychopathy. To advance this field of research, the current paper introduces an overarching framework of “successful psychopathy” (Lilienfeld, Watts, & Smith, 2015) to the leadership domain, comprising three conceptual models (the differential-severity model, the moderated-expression model, and the differential-configuration model) and their “hybrid” forms, which are combinations of two or three models. We test the three alternative conceptual models and four hybrid models in two independent samples of leader-subordinate dyads (N₁ = 178 and N₂ = 668) whereby leaders’ self-reported psychopathy is related to a range of subordinate-rated effectiveness criteria, including three performance dimensions and charismatic leadership. A recurrent pattern of findings across both studies provides evidence for differential effects for the various psychopathy subdimensions, whereas little support was found for the models assuming curvilinear and/or moderated effects. Implications for research on leader psychopathy are discussed.

对精神病态与领导效能之间关系的研究对精神病态采取了截然不同的观点。为了推进这一研究领域，本文将“成功精神病”（Lilienfeld、Watts 和 Smith，2015 年）的总体框架引入领导力领域，包括三个概念模型（差异严重程度模型、适度表达模型），以及差分配置模型）及其“混合”形式，它们是两个或三个模型的组合。我们在领导-下属二元组的两个独立样本中测试了三个替代概念模型和四个混合模型（N ₁  = 178 和N ₂ = 668），其中领导者自我报告的精神病与一系列下属评价的有效性标准有关，包括三个绩效维度和魅力型领导。两项研究中反复出现的结果模式为各种精神病亚维度的不同效应提供了证据，而对假设曲线和/或缓和效应的模型几乎没有发现支持。讨论了领导者心理变态研究的意义。