TY - BOOK AU - Bernstein,Albert J. TI - Emotional vampires at work: dealing with bosses and coworkers who drain you dry SN - 9781259098512 U1 - 650.13 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - Verbal self-defense KW - Interpersonal conflict KW - Interpersonal communication N1 - Includes index; Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Emotional vampires : who are they? -- Maturity and mental health : protect yourself from emotional vampires by thinking more slowly than they do -- Who are you? -- Antisocials -- Antisocial bullies and substance abusers -- Con-artists -- Antisocial cultures -- Histrionics -- The magical world of histrionic hams -- Passive-aggressives -- Histrionic cultures -- Narcissists -- Narcissistic legends in their own minds -- Narcissistic superstars -- Narcissistic cultures -- Obsessive-compulsives -- Obsessive-compulsive perfectionists and puritans -- Obsessive-compulsive cultures -- Paranoids -- Vampire visionaries -- Paranoid cultures -- Dangerously dysfunctional cultures : fifteen signs that an organization is run by vampires for vampires -- Epilogue ER -