The dark side of personality at work

By Seth M. Spain, P. D. Harms, James M. LeBreton. 2014

466 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. A. Hirschi
2. P. Jonason
3. Norman P. Li
4. C. Jackson
5. Serena Wee
6. Jasper J. Duineveld
7. Mickey B. Smith
8. A. Hill

In Social Psychology

1. A. Hirschi
2. P. Jonason
3. Anita C. Keller
4. Daniel Spurk
5. C. Jackson
6. Norman P. Li
7. A. Hill
8. Mickey B. Smith

Citations in the corpus

• Valuing myself over others : the Dark Triad traits and moral and social values (2015, background): “The Dark Triad traits have implications for various socially undesirable behaviors (Spain et al., 2014) and attitudes (Jones, 2013).”
• Occupational niches and the Dark Triad traits (2014, background): “Instead of focusing on grouplevel outcomes (O’Boyle et al., 2012; Spain et al., 2014), we have examined how individual differences in the Dark Triad traits are associated with individual-level career interests.”
• Hedonism, Achievement, and Power: Universal values that characterize the Dark Triad (2015, background): “For instance, work psychology mostly focuses on the toxicity and counterproductive workplace behaviors linked to the Dark Triad (O'Boyle et al., 2012; Spain et al., 2014), while generally neglecting the less visible factors like vocational interests (Jonason et al., 2014).”
• Competition, autonomy, and prestige: Mechanisms through which the Dark Triad predict job satisfaction ☆ (2015, background): “…traits has a long history in I/O psychology including studying the “darker” aspects of personality variation (Hakstian et al., 2002, Hogan and Kaiser, 2005), however, when the darker aspects are studied research usually focuses on group-level outcomes (O’Boyle et al., 2012, Spain et al., 2014).”
• Upsides to Dark and Downsides to Bright Personality: A Multidomain Review and Future Research Agenda (2018, background): “…the bright and dark traits we include in the review, and we also point to other sources that extend beyond what we offer here (e.g., Barrick & Mount, 1991; Finkelstein et al., 2009; J. Hogan et al., 2010; Judge, Heller, & Mount, 2002; Judge & LePine, 2007; O’Boyle et al., 2012; Spain et al., 2014).”
• Relationships Between Machiavellianism, Organizational Culture, and Workplace Bullying: Emotional Abuse from the Target’s and the Perpetrator’s Perspective (2014, background): “Machiavellianism as an undesired feature of the employee and the leader is currently frequently studied and analyzed as the element of the Dark Triad of personality together with subclinical narcissism and psychopathy (Spain et al. 2013; O’Boyle et al. 2012; Harms et al. 2011).”