Coworkers Behaving Badly: How the Dark Triad Influences Responses to Witnessing Workplace Misconduct.

Autor: Hall BT; Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA., Lambert JT; Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA., Wahlers D; Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA., Hart W; Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychological reports [Psychol Rep] 2024 Feb 18, pp. 332941241234594. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 18.
DOI: 10.1177/00332941241234594
Abstrakt: The "bad-begets-bad" phenomenon describes how witnessed or perceived misconduct in an organization promotes mental states and behavior that encourage further misconduct. Based in two perspectives on how the Dark Triad (DT) constructs (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) differentiate, we proposed their roles in contributing to the bad-begets-bad phenomenon. A convenience sample of college students ( N = 454) completed an online study in which they read vignettes depicting workplace misconduct wherein a reporting incentive was (incentive condition) or was not (no-incentive condition) offered. Subsequently, they reported their likelihood of possessing mental states (e.g., goals) and engaging in behavior broadly reflective of the bad-begets-bad phenomenon. Lastly, they completed the Short Dark Triad (SD3) questionnaire to assess narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. We used a series of step-wise regression models to analyze the data. Consistent with the "malicious two" perspective on the DT, only Machiavellianism and psychopathy consistently predicted mental states and behavior reflective of the bad-begets-bad phenomenon. Also, consistent with the "cautious and adaptable Machiavellian perspective," only Machiavellianism interacted with the incentive condition to influence people's willingness to report misconduct (i.e., not further promote misconduct). Broadly, the data contribute to understanding the role of the DT in organizational settings and support two perspectives on how the DT should operate in the context of witnessing workplace misconduct.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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