Traços sombrios de personalidade exercem influência no comprometimento organizacional de trabalhadores?

Abstract

This study aimed to test the influence of dark personality traits on the organizational commitment of university workers. The sample consisted of 220 participants, including administrative staff, professors, and outsourced employees. We performed correlation tests and multiple linear regressions to explore how much the variability of the participants' organizational commitment could be explained by their dark personality traits (Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and Narcissism). The results showed that Psychopathy negatively influences how much workers are committed to the organization in the sense of not feeling happy to spend the rest of their careers in it. Furthermore, Machiavellianism negatively influences how much employees commit to the organization in the sense of not feeling as if the organization’s problems were their problems. The findings have practical implications, especially for the area of people management.