Why Do Some People With A C ruel Side Get Jobs In A uthority?

Authority brings out the worst in many people

I think there are a number of reasons this can happen. Some people think that authority can actually bring out negative character traits that would otherwise remain hidden. Have you heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment? It's an extreme example of this idea. Psychologists created a mock prison situation with volunteers acting as inmates and guards. Without being directed to, the "guards" began exercising cruel and humiliating behavior towards the inmates. These volunteer guards were otherwise normal, well-behaved people. Obviously, being placed in an authority role doesn't always cause bad behavior. There are many good leaders at all levels. But I guess some people that have unkind tendencies that they don't act on already, are moved to act on them when they are given power over others.

A lot of times they make a good impression but then when they get a job of Authority they change and think they are better than the people under them.

I even had a teacher in school that told my mother she hated children. She was a very mean teacher. My mother asked her why was she teaching grade school if she hated children. The next year she got a job teaching college.

there has been studies, I think perhaps that type of work draws people who want to control others, and that often brings with it, sociopaths and cruel people. I have seen so many horrid bosses....

We should differentiate between being strict or firm (but fair) and imposing one's will on another for the pleasure of doing it because we outrank them. The former is necessary to keep any organization running smoothly. While the later is nothing but ego-massaging of a conceited arrogant person.

Because Capitalism is inherently exploitative, and people who have no problem exploiting others are more values than people who are nurturing.

Being driven can come to even the evil human. A lot of people in power are heartless while still others are good about feeling for the other person. To have a good boss is to find one that thinks of the other person as a human and not a pawn.

There are many of this quality on top because of :whom you know" though not qualified, so many suffer in an organization.

Maybe the power goes to their head, and changes them?

I don't know, but when the what finds out, let we know!

Some people get promoted as authorities in a workplace because they deceive their higher-ups into promoting them. They only show their good side, and the higher-ups don't believe other employees when they say how horrible these people are. In other cases, people with bad attitude get promoted because the employer only looks at the person's technical skills and does not pay attention to his or her people skills and attitude in general.