Moderating Effects of Dark Triad on the Relationships of Mobbing and Abusive Supervision With Outcomes

Abstract

The Dark Triad (DT) personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) are among the antecedents of workplace mistreatment (WM). However, we have limited knowledge regarding how the DT traits of victims affect their responses to WM. We investigated the moderating effects of the DT in the links of mobbing and abusive supervision with job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), and counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). Data were collected from 715 working adults. Employees who scored high on narcissism were more likely to have higher scores on CWBs than those who scored low on narcissism in case of mobbing and abusive supervision. Individuals who scored high on psychopathy reported higher levels of job satisfaction under high mistreatment conditions than those who scored low on psychopathy. Individuals who scored high on Machiavellianism reported higher levels of OCBs and lower levels of CWBs under high mistreatment than those who scored low on Machiavellianism. Los rasgos de personalidad de la "tr & iacute;ada oscura" (TO, es decir, el maquiavelismo, el narcisismo y la psicopat & iacute;a) se encuentran entre los antecedentes del maltrato en el trabajo (MT). No obstante, limitamos el conocimiento al grado en el que afectan los rasgos TO de las v & iacute;ctimas a su reacci & oacute;n al MT. Indagamos en los efectos moderadores de la TO en la relaci & oacute;n que tienen el acoso y supervisi & oacute;n abusiva con la satisfacci & oacute;n laboral, los comportamientos de ciudadan & iacute;a organizativa (CCO) y los comportamientos contraproductivos en el trabajo (CCT). Se recogieron datos de 715 adultos laboralmente activos. Era m & aacute;s probable que los empleados con una puntuaci & oacute;n elevada en narcisismo tuvieran puntuaciones elevadas en CCT que los que puntuaban bajo en narcisismo cuando hab & iacute;a acoso y supervisi & oacute;n abusiva. Quienes ten & iacute;an puntuaciones elevadas en psicopat & iacute;a reconoc & iacute;an un mayor grado de satisfacci & oacute;n en el trabajo cuando el maltrato era elevado que aquellos que ten & iacute;an una baja puntuaci & oacute;n en psicopat & iacute;a. Aquellos que ten & iacute;an una puntuaci & oacute;n elevada en maquiavelismo reconoc & iacute;an mayor CCO y menor CCT cuando el maltrato era elevado que quienes ten & iacute;an una puntuaci & oacute;n baja en maquiavelismo.