By Drake Baer

It’s as catchy as a pop song: Your boss is an axe-wielding psychopath, a Pat or Pattie Bateman just waiting for the right time to strike.

The argument crops up in business tomes from time to time (even in this publication); we’ve even furnished you with a handy quiz for your armchair psychiatry.

But is the research ready?

While a new meta-analysis has concluded that “business psychopathy” is a “budding field,” being cautious with our conclusions might serve us well–although it makes for less exciting headlines. As the British Psychological Society’s Occupational Digest Blog argued last week, the research needs to mature. The widely cited finding that 3% of managers are psychopaths versus 1% of the general population comes from a single study.

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