Dark personality, job performance ratings, and the role of political skill: An indication of why toxic people may get ahead at work

被引:38
作者
Templer, Klaus J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Singapore Univ Social Sci, 461 Clementi Rd, Singapore 599494, Singapore
关键词
HEXACO; Honesty-humility; Dark Triad; Dark personality; Job performance; Political skill; Toxic employees; HONESTY-HUMILITY; BIG; 5; 5-FACTOR MODELS; HEXACO; TRIAD; PREDICTION; BEHAVIOR; POWER; MACHIAVELLIANISM; AGREEABLENESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.030
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
While toxic employees are generally not superior performers, some receive higher salaries and advance into leadership positions. In this study, an indirect effect chain model was tested which proposes that dark employees receive good performance ratings through political skill. Dark personality was operationalized by low scores on the honesty-humility factor of the HEXACO personality model. One hundred and ten employees provided self ratings on honesty-humility and political skill. Their supervisors provided observer ratings on political skill and job performance. Results show a positive direct effect of honesty-humility on the performance measure of team facilitation and support at the same time the opposing indirect effect hypothesis: Dark, as opposed to honest humble, employees are more likely to view themselves as politically skilled, and when equally perceived as politically skilled by their supervisors, they receive higher ratings on task performance and team facilitation. Because performance is important for career advancement, the model leads to a potential explanation of why toxic individuals may get ahead at work.
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页码:209 / 214
页数:6
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