16 research outputs found
Perceived supervisor’s subclinical psychopathy, and subordinate’s organizational commitment, job satisfaction and satisfaction with executive
This study was designed to investigate the correlations between supervisor`s perceived
subclinical psychopathy and subordinate`s organizational commitment, overall job satisfaction
and particularly satisfaction with his/her supervisor. The results, based on a sample of
153 employees, showed that subordinates working with leaders, who can be de ned as organizational
(or industrial, corporate) psychopaths, tended to adopt more negative work attitudes.
Supervisor`s perceived subclinical psychopathy had a negative impact on subordinates’
job satisfaction, satisfaction with supervisor and their organizational commitment. The paper
discusses the results and limitations of the study, and offers suggestions for future research
The dark side of social media: Associations between the Dark Triad of personality, self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours
The present study investigated the relations between the Dark Triad personality
traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy), distinct dimensions of selfdisclosure
online (i.e., honesty, amount, positive valence, and intent) and selÞ e relatedbehaviours
(taking, posting, and editing selÞ es). The results indicated, that all three
Dark Triad components were positively correlated with posting and editing selÞ es on
social networking sites (SNSs). However, multiple regression analysis demonstrated
that only narcissism predicted selÞ e-related behaviours. Narcissism and Machiavellianism
were positively related to the amount of personal information disclosed online
and the tendency to intentionally self-disclose in a computer-mediated communication
(CMC). Moreover, we found no signiÞ cant correlations between the perceived controllability
of Internet communication and two types of self-promotion in the Internet
(self-disclosure online and selÞ e-related behaviours). Our Þ ndings demonstrate the
importance of analysing the ‘dark’ personality traits in the context of self-promotional
behaviours in social media
Psychopathy and procrastination: Triarchic conceptualization of psychopathy and its relations to active and passive procrastination
The present study examined the relationships between potentially adaptive and maladaptive aspects of psychopathy distinguished
within the triarchic model (i.e., boldness, meanness and disinhibition) and two types of procrastination, reflecting its functional
and dysfunctional aspects (i.e., active procrastination and passive procrastination). Additionally, the potential mediating mechanisms
underlying these associations were investigated. The results revealed that the three components of the triarchic model of
psychopathy were related to different forms of procrastination in distinct ways. In particular, active procrastination displayed a
positive link to boldness and meanness, whereas passive procrastination was found to be positively related to disinhibition and
negatively to boldness. Furthermore, two parallel multiple mediation analyses demonstrated the mediating effects of individual
difference variables (i.e., impulsiveness, negative affectivity, general self-efficacy) on these relationships. As hypothesized,
impulsiveness and negative affectivity partially mediated the association between disinhibition and passive procrastination, while
self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between boldness and active procrastination. The paper concentrated on the
theoretical implications of these findings for understanding how different psychopathy-related traits are related to different
aspects of procrastination
Perfekcjonizm – pozytywny czy negatywny. Adaptacyjne i dezadaptacyjne formy perfekcjonizmu
Perfectionism as a personality trait is deÞ ned in the frame of unidimensional, bidimensional or multifaceted models.
The dominating theoretical approaches not only concentrate on the dysfunctional, negative aspects of perfectionism rela-
ted to the symptoms of psychopathology, but they also indicate the presence of a positive, adaptative dimansion of perfec-
tionism. The aim of the article is to discuss and analyze theoretical concepts and the results of previous empirical research
concerning both forms of perfectionism. Special a ention was focused on the analysis of the factors modifying the relation
between perfectionism and symptoms of psychopathology
Tax Justice or Tax equality – Is the Tax Justice Possible? The Psychological and Economic Perspective
A lot of recent research in the field of economic psychology
has investigated whether the objective and subjective tax justice
affects the tax payers behaviour, especially the tax evasion. This
article presents main factors that influence the perception of the
tax justice and the most influential economic and psychological
tax justice theories. The author also analyzes the relations between
tax justice and tax equality
Procrastination in Blended Learning. The Role of General Self-efficacy, and Active and Passive Procrastination
Pomimo wzrastającego zainteresowania empirycznego prokrastynacją akademicką w kontekście
kształcenia na odległość, istnieje niewiele badań poświęconych temu zjawisku w odniesieniu
do programów blended learning. W przeprowadzonym badaniu analizowano zależności między
uogólnionym poczuciem własnej skuteczności, dwoma rodzajami prokrastynacji (aktywną i pasywną
prokrastynacją) oraz behawioralną tendencją do odkładania w czasie aktywności związanych z nauką
w trakcie uniwersyteckiego kursu z wykorzystaniem platformy Moodle. Uzyskane wyniki pokazały,
że pasywna prokrastynacja wykazuje silny negatywny związek z prokrastynacją w blended learningu,
podczas gdy spostrzegane poczucie własnej skuteczności oraz aktywna prokrastynacja są niepowiązane
z deklarowanym odkładaniem w czasie zadań podczas kursu blended learning. Dodatkowo
wykazano istnienie negatywnego związku między zgłaszaną liczbą ukończonych wcześniej kursów
blended learning a prokrastynacją w blended learningu. Praktyczne i teoretyczne implikacje otrzymanych
wyników w odniesieniu do nauczania z wykorzystaniem metody blended learning zostały
omówione w podsumowaniu.Despite the growing empirical interest in academic procrastination in the
distance learning, there are only limited studies on the determinants of this
phenomenon in the blended learning programmes. The present study investigates
the relationships between general self-efficacy, two types of procrastination
(active and passive procrastination), and the behavioural tendency to postpone
learning activities in a blended learning university course using Moodle platform.
Results indicate that passive procrastination is strongly positively associated
with procrastination in blended learning, while perceived self-efficacy and active
procrastination are unrelated to the self-reported task delays during the blended
learning course. In addition, the negative link between the reported number of
previous completed blended-learning courses and procrastination in blended
learning is observed. Practical and theoretical implications of these findings for
a blended learning environment are discussed
Ciemna triada osobowości w środowisku pracy : perspektywa interakcyjna
The book constitutes the first Polish monograph concerning the issues of
coexistence with people with “dark” personality traits in the workplace. The
present monograph considers three types of socially harmful personality
traits which form the so-called dark triad: Machiavellianism, narcissism and
psychopathy. The “dark” personality traits constitute the core of the inquiry
and they are analyzed with regard to the attitudes towards work (i.e. job
satisfaction and brand loyalty), civic and counter-productive activities in the
workplace, as well as (according to the interactive approach) selected characteristics
of the workplace.
The monograph consists of four chapters. Chapter one presents the two
basic approaches to describing personality in the workplace: the trait approach
and the interactive approach. In the beginning, the chapter underscores the
importance of distinguishing between the “light” and “dark” personality
traits in the workplace. Next, the chapter discusses the most important conceptions
within the interactive approach to the study of personality in the
organizational context, including the theory of personality trait activation in
the workplace.
Chapter two introduces the taxonomy of the dark triad, which includes
three discrete “dark” personality traits, analyzed at the sub-clinical level:
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. It presents two approaches to
the study of the dark triad: the unification approach and the discrimination
approach, and situates the dark triad against the other personality models, in
addition to enumerating the most important behavioral correlations between
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. Moreover, it discusses the
issue of the functioning of people who possess some of the traits of the dark
triad in the workplace, underlining the significance of the potential benefits
and costs connected with the presence of people who exhibit high levels of
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy in the business.
Chapter three discusses two attitudes towards work, analyzed in the monograph
in relation to the traits exhibited by the dark triad: job satisfaction and brand loyalty. The chapter defines both concepts, presents the main categories
of their personality and situational conditions, and examines the character of
the links between the traits of the dark triad and the aforementioned attitudes
towards work.
Chapter four focuses on the analysis of two distinctive categories of
voluntary actions in the workplace, i.e. civic actions and counter-productive
actions. It indicates the main problems with terminology connected with the
description of the aforementioned organizational actions and differentiates
between three categories of conditions for organizational actions: attitudes
towards work, situational factors, personality factors. The chapter is based on
earlier research which focuses on the analysis of the interdependence between
the personality traits of the dark triad and civic as well as counter-productive
actions in the workplace.
The three following chapters form the empirical part of the monograph. The
first chapter discusses the methodological basis of own research; the second
chapter analyzes the results of the study, and the third chapter presents their
interpretation. The conducted study has confirmed the majority of the hypotheses
considering the direct links between the personality traits of the dark
triad, attitudes towards work and organizational actions. It has been shown
that two conditions (power within the organization, understood as a formal
position at the firm, and interpersonal conflict in the workplace) fulfilled the
role of the moderators in the relation between the traits of the dark triad and
attitudes towards work and organizational actions. Singular mediational effects
of the attitudes towards work with regard to the links between the traits
of the dark triad and organizational actions have also been observed. Taking
into account the results of the study, modifications to the research model have
been proposed, in order to include the direct correlations between situational
factors and attitudes towards work and organizational actions. At the end
of the monograph, on the basis of the literature on the subject, the author
attempted interpretation of the obtained results, pointing to the limitations
of the conducted studies and possible future avenues for empirical research
Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and regulatory focus at work in relation to strengths use and deficit correction in the workplace
Extant research has shown that grandiose narcissism predicts a wide range of work-related
outcomes. However, despite differentiating in the social-personality literature besides grandiose
narcissism also its vulnerable form, there is little organizational research that would
include both expressions of narcissism, in particular with regard to positive organizational
behaviors, including strengths use and deficit correction in the workplace. In addition, the
role of dark-side personality traits, such as narcissism, in predicting strengths use and deficit
correction in the workplace, in particular in regard to motivational factors, seems understudied.
Accordingly, this study adds to the literature on narcissism in the organizational context
by investigating the direct effects of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and motivational
orientation in the form of regulatory focus at work on strengths use and deficit correction in
the workplace. Based on a sample of 446 working adults from the Polish population, it was
found that grandiose narcissism positively predicted both strengths use and deficit correction.
In turn, vulnerable narcissism was unrelated to strengths use and deficit correction.
Furthermore, drawing on the distal-proximal model of work-specific regulatory focus, it also
tested whether regulatory focus at work has the incremental validity over grandiose and vulnerable
narcissism in predicting strengths use and deficit correction. The hierarchical
regression analyses indicated that both promotion and prevention focus were positively
associated with strengths use and deficit correction, predicting them beyond grandiose and
vulnerable narcissism. The theoretical and practical implications of this study in the context
of narcissism in the workplace and positive organizational scholarship are discussed
Explicit and implicit attitudes toward academic cheating and its frequency among university students
W prezentowanym badaniu analizowano relacje między jawną i utajoną postawą wobec oszustw akademickich
oraz częstością ich popełniania wśród studentów różnych kierunków (pedagogiki i psychologii
oraz prawa i administracji). Pomiar postaw utajonych został dokonany za pomocą dwóch metod – Testu
Utajonych Skojarzeń (IAT) oraz Procedury Utajonych Skojarzeń Relacyjnych (IRAP). Zgodnie z przewidywaniami
jawna postawa wobec oszustw akademickich wykazywała pozytywny związek z częstością
popełniania oszustw akademickich. Uzyskane rezultaty wskazują na to, że utajona postaw wobec
oszustw akademickich nie była predyktorem deklarowanej częstości oszustw akademickich. Kierunek
studiów nie był czynnikiem różnicującym w przypadku żadnej z badanych zmiennych. Problemy metodologiczne
związane z wykorzystaniem IAT i IRAP jako metod pomiaru utajonych postaw wobec
oszustw akademickich oraz potencjalne ograniczenia badania zostały omówione w podsumowaniu. Our study examines the relation between explicit and implicit attitudes toward academic cheating and
the frequency of committing it among students of different faculties (pedagogy and psychology, and
law and administration). The implicit attitudes were measured using two methods – the Implicit Association
Test (IAT) and Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP). As hypothesized, the explicit
attitude toward academic cheating was positively related to the its frequency. Results indicate
that the implicit measures did not predict the frequency of self-reported academic cheating behaviours.
The field of study itself was not a differentiating factor for any studied variables. The methodological
problems related with using IAT and IRAP as measures of implicit attitudes toward cheating
and the study’s possible limitations were discussed
Polska adaptacja skali TRIPM do badania psychopatii w ujęciu triarchicznym
The paper presents the Polish adaptation of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM; Patrick, 2010b). The TriPM is a self-report instrument for assessing the three distinct but interrelated components of psychopathy: boldness, meanness and disinhibition (Patrick, Fowles, Krueger, 2009). Boldness is described as a tendency for social dominance, which is accompanied by low anxiety and emotional resiliency. Meanness is a phenotypic manifestation of the lack of empathy, callousness, exploitativeness, cruelty and thrill seeking. Disinhibition is related to impulsiveness, irresponsibility and hostility. More than 1600 participants from the Polish general population, aged 17–78 years, took part in the validation study. The analysis confirmed the three-factor structure of the TriPM, but some items had to be removed. The final version of the instrument – TriPM-41 – has good reliability and its subscales correlated as expected with other variables. Therefore, the scale can be considered a useful tool for measuring psychopathy and its facets in non-clinical and non-institutional groups