In pursuit of power: The role of authoritarian leadership in the relationship between supervisors’ Machiavellianism and subordinates’ perceptions of abusive supervisory behavior

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The Dark Triad at work: How toxic employees get their way (2012, background): “Such a contention is consistent with work on extreme cases of assertiveness (Ames, 2009), Machiavellianism (Kessler et al., 2010; Kiazad et al., 2010), and narcissism (Rosenthal & Pittinsky, 2006).”
When the dark ones gain power: Perceived position power strengthens the effect of supervisor Machiavellianism on abusive supervision in work teams (2016, unknown): “Confirming previous findings, we found significant positive correlations between supervisor psychopathy and Machiavellianism on the one hand and abusive supervision as rated by the subordinates on the other hand (Kiazad et al., 2010; Laurijssen et al., 2016).”
The dark side of personality at work (2014, background): “For example, Machiavellian leaders are rated as more abusive by their subordinates than low Machiavellians are (Kiazid et al., 2010).”