Studies In Machiavellianism

By J. Urner. 2016

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Subfields: History, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Borderline Personality Disorder (2016, neutral): “In addition, the exploitation of others is typical of Machiavellian personality traits [47].”
Psychological Contracts as a Mediator Between Machiavellianism and Employee Citizenship and Deviant Behaviors (2014, methodology): “In the present day, individuals who demonstrate a lack of concern for conventional morality, are emotionally detached, and tend to manipulate others are said to have high levels of the personality trait Machiavellianism (Christie & Geis, 1970).”
The Malevolent Side of Human Nature (2017, methodology): “…as the execution of political rivals.1 Ever since Christie and Geis developed their MACH test in the 1960s to measure an utilitarian attitude (see Christie & Geis, 1970), psychologists have referred to Machiavellianism as a duplicitous interpersonal style, characterized by a cynical disregard…”
Perceived organizational politics, emotional intelligence and work outcomes: Empirical exploration of direct and indirect effects (2014, background): “Relying on evidence showing that individuals high in Machiavellianism are emotionally detached in their interactions with others (Christie and Geis, 1970), as well as on evidence demonstrating a negative correlation between Machiavellianism and empathy (Barnett and Thompson, 1985; Wastell and Booth,”
Competition, autonomy, and prestige: Mechanisms through which the Dark Triad predict job satisfaction ☆ (2015, background): “In Machiavellianism, this may be a function of its approach-orientation to power (Christie & Geis, 1970).”
Soldiers of misfortune: An examination of the Dark Triad and the experience of schadenfreude (2014, methodology): “The three Dark Triad measures (SRP-4, MACH-IV, and NPI) were scored individually according to their respective scoring requirements before being standardized using z scores and then averaged to create a Dark Triad composite score (Jonason, Li, Webster, & Schmitt, 2009).”
The Dark Triad and the self-presentation variables of socially desirable responding and self-monitoring (2018, methodology): “Although this prediction may seem self-evident because Machiavellianism is characterized by deception and manipulation of others for personal gain (Christie & Geis, 1970), previous research has shown inconsistent relationships between Machiavellianism and self-monitoring, with some investigations…”
Employee Machiavellianism to Unethical Behavior (2017, background): “Although extant research identifies Mach as a higher-order construct (Christie & Geis, 1970; Dahling et al., 2009), our findings suggest there is value in examining the influence of the individual Mach facets, especially when testing trait activation theory in relation to unethical behaviors.”
When the dark ones gain power: Perceived position power strengthens the effect of supervisor Machiavellianism on abusive supervision in work teams (2016, background): “Machiavellians are characterized by cynical and misanthropic beliefs, callousness, a striving for argentic goals (i.e., money, power, and status), and the use of calculating and cunning manipulation tactics (Christie & Geis, 1970).”
Reliability and validity of the Turkish versions of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD-T), Short Dark Triad (SD3-T), and Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS-T) (2017, methodology): “For the latter, we used well-known scales, such as the Mach-IV (Christie & Geis, 1970), Levenson's Self-Report of Psychopathy (Levenson, Kiehl, & Fitzpatrick, 1995), NPI-16 (Ames et al., 2006), Big Five Inventory (van Someron, Barnard, & Sandberg, 1994), and Rosenberg's Self-esteem scale…”
The Dark Triad personality: Attractiveness to women (2014, background): “(2013), Machiavellians are interpersonally duplicitous (McHoskey, 2001a), insincere (Christie & Geis, 1970) and extraverted (Allsopp, Eysenck, & Eysenck, 1991).”
A primer on the Dark Triad traits (2019, positive): “Machiavellianism is associated with manipulative behaviours, self-interest, exploitation of others, and a ruthless lack of morality (Christie & Geis, 1970).”
Relationships Between Machiavellianism, Organizational Culture, and Workplace Bullying: Emotional Abuse from the Target’s and the Perpetrator’s Perspective (2014, methodology): “Machiavellianism is a personality syndrome, describing a duplicitous interpersonal style connected with cynical beliefs regarding people and the social world, pragmatic morality, and egocentric motivation (Christie and Geis 1970; Jones and Paulhus 2009; Wilson et al. 1996).”
The dark side of personality at work (2014, background): “Christie and Geis (1970) have reported extensive evidence that Machiavellians are highly successful negotiators—moreover, Machiavellians seemed to enjoy the combative nature of the negotiating process more than others.”
The dark side of Facebook: Semantic representations of status updates predict the Dark Triad of personality (2014, methodology): “Machiavellianism is the cold manipulative personality and was originally derived from Machiavelli’s original books (see Christie & Geis, 1970).”
Relationship between emotional intelligence and aggression: a systematic review (2014, background): “…studies based on variables that did not presuppose such an intention, such as Machiavellianism, which measures the tendency of a person to exhibit manipulative behaviors in order to advance his or her own interests (Christie & Geis, 1970), but not necessarily in order to cause harm to another.”