Narcissus or Machiavelli?: Learning Leadership from Indian Prime Ministers

Nishant Uppal is faculty of Organization Behavior in the Human Resources Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. His recent publications include Duryodhanization: Are the Villains Born, Developed, or Made up, Leadership in Organization, Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations and HR Analytics. He has published in a number of international journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, Studies in Higher Education, International Journal of Manpower, Team Performance Management, European Business Review, among others. More recently his research focus area has been in understanding the effects of negative personality traits on work, family, and societal outcomes. Dr Uppal specializes in the fields of analytics, leadership, change management, knowledge management, organizational adaptation, job design, organizational structure, and personality.