TITLE:
Dark Side Traits at Work: Bright and Dark Side Traits and Job Value Preferences
AUTHORS:
Adrian Furnham, David Pendleton
KEYWORDS:
Dark Side Personality
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.7 No.5,
May
19,
2016
ABSTRACT:
Two
hundred and twenty-one business executives completed the Big Five NEO-RI-R
(Costa & McCrae, 1992; an inventory of normal personality), the Hogan
Development Survey (HDS) (Hogan & Hogan, 1997; an inventory of career
derailing tendencies) and the Motives, Values and Preferences Inventory (MVPI)
(Hogan & Hogan, 1999; an inventory of ten core occupational values). Correlational
and regression analyses revealed modest but predictable relationships between
all personality traits (except Neuroticism) and the values, particularly
Recognition, Power and Security. The personality traits accounted for most
variance with respect to Aesthetics, Altruism, Security and Power. Correlations
and regressions for the HDS and MVPI showed that the values most related to
“flawed interpersonal style” were Recognition, Affiliation, Power and Security.
Step- wise regressions indicated that the HDS accounted for incremental
validity over the Big Five in predicting core work values. Implications of
these findings were considered.